The neuropsychologist/professor asked my son about his current grade level and he had no idea since we don't do grade levels. I think she needed to know so she would know where to start the test so she asked him how old he was.
I had the "problem" of other people telling him how smart he was. He heard other people use words like scary smart and genius to describe him after they listened to him talk. He had friends asking him about his IQ. But dealing with physical issues kept him grounded in reality and it always worked best for him to only compete with himself.
Trying to homeschool a child who is much more articulate than I am, who can correct my grammar, who finds alternate ways of solving math problems when I can only do it the one way I was taught, who relies on an excellent verbal memory, while I had to rely on my note taking ability, is challenging and I find myself saying things like "How did you think of that?" "How did you know that!" "How can you possibly get that answer without using pencil and paper?" or laughing at the jokes he makes up until I am in tears. That is the kind of praise he hears from me and it seems to have a positive effect on him.
