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    Originally Posted by Grinity
    Giftedness is only a 'problem' when the person experiencing it is 'rare' - either at home in their family or at school or in their workplace, and the expectations are tightly geared to the mainstream. Since the more highly gifted kids are more rare, we forget that it isn't the level of giftedness itself that causes problems, but the rarity of that particular level in a particular setting and the lack of experience in meeting the needs a particular highly gifted child may have.

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    I disagree with Connie. my child has an IQ of 137 at 8 years; has had straight A's all through school, reads music,makes complete comic books, plays guitar,makes sculptures,paints,speed reads at adult levels,can remember anything,asks very deep questions, and calculates days on the calender, very quickly. Before entering the gifted program, he would finish his work long before all the other children and fidget and bother other students. I almost put him on meds for ADD or ADHD! He was just bored out of his mind. Maybe you need to see the scores for yourself and not go by what a supposed air-head tells you.

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