She said some things, her opinion about DD's future math ability, because "her hands moved slowly". And I just sat there nodding since I just needed the results for Toronto gifted program, and thought that in the sping, at 7 years old, she played tchaikovsky kamarinskaya for a concert people paid to attend. Her teacher, who teaches gifted piano students, wanted to show off DD, whose hands fly over the keys, like none of her other students.
I think that's hysterical about future math ability being tied to hand speed
OTOH, I think I understand where the psych was coming from - I have a ds with documented slow hands (dysgraphia and DCD) - and he is very obviously slow when he's writing down his math homework. His brain, however, is lightning-fast and he is excelling at math.... so phooey on your psych!
I will say this though - it's possible she was seeing something re slow hand movement related to handwriting - the movements and coordination required for handwriting are different than required for playing piano. My ds plays piano also and although he's no piano prodigy, he plays very well and he can play very quickly
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