3DMom,
It's not the acievment that gifted teachers look for, it's the child's perspective on things. Not how well they can add, subtract, multilply or divide. We don't even consider that (unless the child is in kindergarten and able to do calculus). Gifted teachers look at how a child learns. Gifted students are "gifted" because the learn in a different way, they see the world in a different way, they process information in a different way.
I needed this - I'm often worrying that I've misunderstood, because my children aren't doing calculus. But they do seem to think differently to other children.
