Great suggestions, Trinity.
Asking myself the questions you posed made me feel better and really helped to clarify my thinking. For the most part my daughter is happy. She has always said she doesn't feel challenged in school, but she is very happy socially. She's flourished socially this year, but now that I think about it, it's because she is in a class with the gifted cluster students.
She's an embellisher when she wants to be (if the subject really interests her), but typically not. I don't think she's the 1 in 1000, but I don't know--and I suppose that's why I should have her privately tested. I'm definitely going to have her take the EXPLORE test.
I'll take a look and see about books and I'll go through Hoagies.
Thanks again, Trinity. You've helped me tremendously.
TJS
