So said dd9 tonight, after a protracted discussion in which she admitted to getting things wrong on purpose sometimes. The irony here is that she goes to a gifted magnet school. I think she is probably at the top of the class. (I don't know, though.) I asked her if the other kids in her class are also not "normal" and she said some are and some aren't, but would not specify further.

She also connected being smart to being sad (she has a depression diagnosis). She thinks being smart is causing her to think too much and feel lonely. FWIW, she actually has a lot of friends, including close ones.

These comments were made through storms of weeping. frown

Thoughts? BTW, she tested MG and *should* be squarely in the middle of the bell curve in her class. She doesn't really act MG, though.