OK, so this is a little off topic, but something that I see over and over in the gifted community is this idea that advanced achievement only means something if the kid did it on her own. That somehow, if the kid was specifically taught advanced material, particularly by her parents, that it doesn't count. Can someone explain the reasoning for this to me?
There are three concepts here that are getting confused, generally, I think.
(1) A kid who pushes their parents for more intellectual stiumlation
(2) A kid who doesn't demand additional intellectual stimulation, but seems to easily absorb what the parents provide, so they just keep providing the material but the kid isn't pushing, and the parents aren't really pushing.
(3) Parents who are force-feeding their kids through academic feeding tubes regardless of the real ability of the child to appropriately absorb the material without 14 hours of constant pushing a day.
People normally think that (1) doesn't exist and that (2) must the same as (3).
Whereas in giftedworld, apparently (2) doesn't count; only (1) counts.
At least that's my thinking.
