tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2597700380166866758.post6270731497978691022..comments2016-10-02T10:45:10.071-04:00Comments on Diva and the Brain: The G WordKathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05643465951292336111noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2597700380166866758.post-11021544146311702972013-01-30T10:11:12.515-05:002013-01-30T10:11:12.515-05:00This is so me. I was the first National Merit Fin...This is so me. I was the first National Merit Finalist my school had had in years. I was 10th in my class. And I coasted through the entireity of high school. I didn't care about working because I didn't have to.<br /><br />College was a really rude shock. Suddenly, everyone was as smart as I was and I had to work. And I had no idea how to do it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2597700380166866758.post-89426459350041656822013-01-29T12:51:02.283-05:002013-01-29T12:51:02.283-05:00Wow. Try grateful. Grateful that I don't think...Wow. Try grateful. Grateful that I don't think myself or my kids so self important and better than everyone else that the rest of the world is too jealous to understand us. I haven't yet put a label on my children's gifts. But you can bet I won't label the rest of the world jealous of themFelicity and Harryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08998439160457984661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2597700380166866758.post-48998099654903207712013-01-29T12:49:53.438-05:002013-01-29T12:49:53.438-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Felicity and Harryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08998439160457984661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2597700380166866758.post-46575949160150998332013-01-29T11:21:37.195-05:002013-01-29T11:21:37.195-05:00Very excellent. At the bottom of it all is jealous...Very excellent. At the bottom of it all is jealousy, pure and simple: people think that the life of a gifted kid (and therefore the child's parents) is easy. They have no idea that parents of gifted kids find ourselves soothing our 2-year-olds about the situation in Syria (if they wandered into the room while we watched the news) or that our frustrated 10-year-old who is getting an A in reading but dissolving in tears in public is actually dyslexic but covering it extremely well, he knowing that he is capable of thinking about things he hears discussed but can't actually read about them without a huge amount of effort. Or the 12-year-old who completely understands the Education Bubble and is suicidal because she knows that her dad's job loss may mean she can look forward to a managerial job at McDonald's one day when she's already done calculus. Or the kid who has already done calculus but whose teacher insists he repeat 5th grade because he wasn't paying attention. All these kids, and parents, fall outside the norm and are hurting badly. If the jealous could realize that, maybe things could change.Bookmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17122025878685095608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2597700380166866758.post-52000338198572135382013-01-29T02:21:51.787-05:002013-01-29T02:21:51.787-05:00I agree. My first Calculus test in college I knew ...I agree. My first Calculus test in college I knew I wasn't prepared but I had no idea how to study for a math test because I had never had to before. <br /><br />One of my biggest goals for my son is that he will learn how to learn and that he can apply what he learns beyond school. <br />If you struggle to learn you will adapt a method that is best for you, but if you're never challenged you'll never learn how you learn and when something new comes along you're left without a clue. <br />Most people have one or two aptitudes, for a gifted child with many aptitudes it can be impossible to settle down to "what you want to be when you grow up" because you want to be everything. Focusing on life outside school is essential for these kids or they will end up really smart and talented people who are always under/unemployed. <br />Schools so often miss the boat on these two very important issues.Shauna Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17546425171620396845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2597700380166866758.post-25118944146457979402013-01-29T00:37:18.753-05:002013-01-29T00:37:18.753-05:00Even when I was in school, there was the idea that...Even when I was in school, there was the idea that gifted kids would find their own way. Actually, what it did was make me lazy. Things came easy to me all the time, so I never had to try. Then I went to college and became devastatingly average, even below average! It was really hard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com