A gifted / highly gifted child, when the gifts are early speech / early reading is nothing like an average IQ child. I experienced it myself from my early years. I heard the stories of parents and grandparents, but it hits you the most when you witness it in a very young child, such as your own. You cannot use the information that is written / orally passed down about the average IQ person. It does not apply. You have to go on-line and read about the high IQ people. If I ever am able to catch up on all of the reading available in English I will get translation dictionaries and start decoding writings in other languages. You cannot compare your child to theirs. I still remember a young classmate of mine in first grade asking, why does this student seem to know everything already? Good Luck if the teachers ever even actually hear the question let alone are able to answer it. Just breath and do the math to make you feel better. I remember when Lily Tomlin was 'Looking for signs of intelligent life' in her one person show. Say there are 8 billion people in our world. Apply the percentage you want (1% to 5%), the product is very large number, but you have to find those people. I am starting to understand why the super highly intelligent people flock to ivy league schools; it is probably in the hopes of finding the other super intelligent humans. Side note about Starbucks: Seems to have partnered with a San Francisco pastry shop, yum!
