According to my Mother, mine tested 160+ around the first grade, but she's unsure of what test was used. That would have been in the late 80's. When it comes to myself, I don't care either way. It doesn't make a difference in my current life. I have no idea if my husband has ever been tested, but I'm positive he falls somewhere in the gifted area, HG at a minimum but probably considerably higher. As far as testing my children (at least my daughter, who I am sure is somewhere out there as well) - my feeling is we'll do it if we need to. She's not even 3.5 yet, so no rush for me.
I will say - My mother said her father had tested "off the charts". He suffered from mental illness (which, was probably just the difficultly of someone being PG trying to fit in before it was understood at all) and had some pretty ghastly procedures done in the sake of 'repairing' him back in the 60s. I honestly did not know him well.
Last edited by BrandiT; 05/09/14 12:24 AM.
