I've been told that I... use words that are too large.
Sounds familiar. "Val, sometimes you use words that are too big. You should think about this when you lecture."
Yes,
lecture. I was teaching at a college.
As for the OP's point about challenging his daughter, I have the same challenge with my DD9. I've been teaching her algebra lately, and it's not easy for her. As in, finally, something isn't generally easy. I had observed that grade-level math wasn't presenting a general challenge for her, but there were occasions when stuff wasn't obvious. At those times, she was responding by saying, "I don't know!!" immediately without even trying to think about what to do. So I decided that this year, we'll do algebra together.
Her math teacher has accused me of "pushing her" (twice), and the school gives me the impression that they have no clue about giftedness in general or her in particular. For me, swimming upstream is the hardest part of this.
