I don't post often, but read constantly smile. I am gifted, though I believe at the lower end, nothing but school testing was ever done. I seem to recall a 130IQ from the early 80s, but I cannot get my hands on anything other than SATs which I did decently on. I was in a gifted pullout from 5th grade on, was 7th in my high school class without much effort...only my AP English research papers took any real time but they were fun! Lol. I remember doing a paper in 9th grade on Joan of Arc, I had so much fun burying myself in that research and produced a 40 page typewritten document...drumroll..that was promptly denounced as over limit and I was told to cut it down (boo). While I don't think of myself as overly smart, mostly because math is NOT my thing, I definitely have the qualities. Now that I have two sons, both gifted, I have newfound pleasure in researching anything about giftedness....that is what led me to this board.

I love it here. Howler Karma, your sense of humor is awesome, I love the way you write and parent! I occasionally find political discussion or science discussions beyond either my interests or abilities but generally can muddle through most things not intrinsically devoted to jargon. Of course, having had my sons tested, led to various readings on my part as to the ins and outs of testing BECAUSE I didn't know enough and wanted to be able to advocate successfully, you should see my bookshelf! We also deal with incredibly type A kids, two years apart, same sex which definitely leads to crazy competition between them. My younger (8) is DYS and like his engineer Dad, my older (10) is more like me. Both are very athletic and sociable but quick to anger and just go, go, go! The clashes keep me peeled to the parenting aspect of this board as well.

As far as being this board high brow, definitely not, but as someone mentioned, this outlet allows for the real us to come out not be carved down for general consumption smile.