Thanks Cricket2 - I was a little nervous about my post above. I have the low WM and my son has the low PSI and I was extrapolating. There aren't tons of PGlets running around in this situation - usually like to give advice based on direct experience.
And thank you. A year ago I was questioning whether dd10 was gifted at all let alone HG so it is funny for me to see her grouped in with PGlets
. I am starting to see that being fairly gifted doesn't always look the way it does with her sister, though. Dd10 really shines in making connections. We were playing charades the other night and, wow, that kid can connect someone making a peak with her hands in the shape of a mountain, pointing at the ceiling, and then making the letter "t" with two hands to correctly come up with "Mount Everest" (high mountain in a region where they drink tea).
I think that some of us are here so suprised to be raising 'hugely gifted kids' when we grew up feeling soooo stupid.
That would be my dh. Unfortunately he is still convinced that he is soooo stupid. Last night was a disaster. I am doing everything -- working two jobs, doing all of the house stuff, cooking so he doesn't come home and eat crud and continue to ruin his already tenuous health, helping kids with homework, taking care of pets... I'm totally burned out and was really on edge when he got home late from work. His response is to tell me that I need to do less which amounts to less in terms of doing stuff with the kids in his mind. He kept screaming at me & dd10, "just let her fail" (to me) & , "do you want to be homeless when you grow up?"" (to dd).
The goal, I'm sure, was to reduce my stress by taking something off my plate (helping dd figure out how to avoid overlooking parts of the directions on a test she has today), but wound up making me more stressed and having her up late crying. He's really, really not helping to put it lightly. If he didn't grow up and continue into adulthood feeling so stupid and like such a failure himself, I wonder if he might not be screwing up so much in passing the same baggage on to our kids.
Sorry to vent! I'm just having a really hard time today and it is a rare day off of work.
I would edit what you posted a bit: Both WMI and PSI can be dropped to calculate GAI b/c they are less of a part of the general ability, but they are important if you want to be able to show that you have that ability (IN SCHOOL.) School is not life. Really.
You are right. I just hope that dd doesn't come out the other end unable to see that b/c the combo of teachers who don't believe she's very able and her father have ruined her confidence. I have given a dx from her counselor of ADD and Anxiety Disorder to the TAG teacher but haven't heard anything back about the 504 we've requested. Dd also wasn't given extra time for the test she's taking today I suspect b/c she didn't do better with the 10-15 mins of extra time she got on the last tests.
Even though I know that I am a thorn in their side right now, I'm going to have to bite the bullet and push for the 504 for dd. I'm pretty sure that the TAG teacher believes that dd's struggles are due her being not able enough in the math class rather than anxiety and ADD and she's less inclined to keep trying to find a way to make it work for that reason.
