I am discovering that I think a lot more deeply than others, I can see things others cannot (sometimes I don't have proof but I know its true because it's obvious).People don't like that because it looks like I'm complaining but it's not a complaint its an observation and I always think things can be better. I am very aware and I can "vibe" out situations very quickly. I think I'm "too much" sometimes with all the principles I live by. I did ok in school. I was bored mostly and I seem to have not understand any of the material. I did pass everything though using common sense. I speak a few languages
Floflo something in your self description reminded me slightly of my dh. �We have no way of knowing, or no need of knowing by now, if he's actually academically gifted. �He's observant and the conclusions he ends up at are unusual. �I can usually tell with most people but I honestly can't tell if he's very smart or just very different. �I'm currently reading a few things about rational skepticism. �It seems to satisfactorily describe the unexplainable "smarts" I'm seeing in him. �I don't know whether someone taught him to have that mindset or if some people are born with it. �I've got time to unravel this mystery that I married. �<3 <3. I know he didn't read books about it to try to become like that because he grew up with a stutter and was more of a fighter than a reader in school. �I think I've known college kids and beyond who read about and tried to internalize rational skepticism, but I'm close to convinced dh was born wired that way and your self description sounds fitting too. �I don't know if that makes you gifted as defined by an iq test. �It does make u different, more right more often in a lot of ways. �I just erased my thoughts on the downside. �Hope this helps. �If you're searching for "your people" and don't find them at Mensa try rational skepticism.
Sorry lucounu, I will always prefer the gifted label (wherever it applies) to any other attempts to describe a gifted child, like the zealous Pentecostal environment I grew up in. �ie.. I understood stuff no one else did because god wanted to use me in a big way, �(god told many adults to tell me this throughout my childhood) and i was willful and stubborn because the devil saw I was valuable and wanted to steal my soul. �I still had the heavy burdens of high pressure and adult responsibility from mom, from the church, and the school. �Without the label people still see what they see in you and still don't take it easy on you. �Without the label I still grew up feeling used and abused. �With the label we can have open discussions in plain language and I wish our parents were on this forum while we were growing up. �It would have been easier on us and on them.
And plus the label will let our kids into some cool nerd summer camps that other kids might see as just more work and ours will have a blast. �If that's not true and the other kids would like it too then we should have more geek retreats so there's room enough for all.
Sorry if it sounds personal or whiny, just anecdotal support in favor of accurate labeling of geniuses. You always hear stories why we shouldn't use that word. I think it's a cause and effect mixup and I think we should all get tattoos.
