I think Losing Our Minds is a great intro to the gt world. To be honest I liked the stories about children more than the final list of milestones. That's where I could see our older son (3 at that time) and that was the first time I officially freaked out about schools. The book took care about my gt denial but only testing and acceptance to Davidson took care about the HG+ denial.
The book has lots of weak points. It doesn't address 2e, some of the children don't seem to fit the categories she puts them in. She seems to ignore some of the rather high IQ scores. I think the book is a very useful reading when you are new to the gt world but not too much beyond it. I haven't even tried to find a level for DS4 there. I know that he is HG, but I don't think the book will give me any more insight. What I need is a good tester and a good testing day and a kid who is a little bit older
Wren, 20% of the kids can test in 98% but it's not the same like 20% of randomly selected kids test in the 98%. I think you have your child tested only if you are reasonably sure that your he/she is gifted. I doubt people have their average or bellow average children tested for a prestigious gifted program. I would go as far as saying that it's not at all surprising that 20% of the kids applying to Hunter test in the 98%. They should, shouldn't they? That said I have no doubt that Manhattan has more gt children than an average city.
So true! For all the myths about how pushy and competitive we are (Bah!), I think most of us take great solace in the notion that someone is smarter.
I'm so there. What a relief. Till last year I used to think "At least he wasn't in Davidson. Those parents have it really difficult."
Fortunately there are still many kids who are smarter than DS6.
