Your ds9 tells you he's different than the other kids, even most of the gifted kids;he wonders about how it can be that when there' something important to hear, he doesn't hear it, but when he's doing homework and there are minor distractions to be ignored, he hears 'EVERYTHING!'

He says he loves math "even though I'm not as good as some of the other kids, but I really like thinking about big questions!"