I was never identified - I'm not sure if they had a process or not. I do know they asked my parents if they wanted me to skip 1st grade but they decided not to do that. Yet I never got asked to be in the TAG program until maybe my junior year (and even that was mostly an independent study kind of thing). I was a typical high achiever with good grades but most of my standardized test scores ended up in the 90-95th percentile range (worse for math) so I wasn't in with the super smarties in my grade LOL. I've never taken an IQ test as far as I know but after reading up on all of this on account of my DS, I would guess I am in the 120s (maybe).
I always felt like I was good at school but not necessarily inherently smart. My DH says otherwise but I don't know about that. One thing I am not good at is debating and having high-level conservations about world events, etc. That intimidates me. Maybe because I am an introvert LOL
Neither my DH or I are mathy (I usually got A's in math but that was because I studied). I have no idea where my son is coming from with his mad math skills at 7 years old.
I have found that is forum is full of information and advice that has been really helpful. Not necessarily above my understanding though although the advocacy and policy stuff is very new territory and therefore intimidating.
