I just brought up the educational because the first post was a spinoff from a school denying entry to their gifted pullout at a public school because they said hitting the top 99.9% on an iq test doesn't make you gifted unless you also have these common gifted characteristics. (she said it on another thread- this one's a spin off).
I agree with a few of your underlying premis. The "it doesn't shut off when you're not told to perform ". The "preference to have your mind to stay turned up most of the time. Some others like it but only for short periods because they tire of it quickly.". Those were awesome!
I'm pretty sure your angst is with the local ladies telling you "why don't you make your kid color inside the lines of the giant letter A instead of comparing saliva to stomach juice. Um, Just guessing because anatomy charts seem like they kind of are academics.
