Any parents of gifted children here ?

[breguet]

Chief Kiasu,


You are hilarious! Tks for taking away the gloom I must be bringing to the thread. Bad patch now lah, and flapping around like a headless chicken because I don’t know what to do.

Yes yes, it will pass… one day!! Looking forward!

[noticed how i bypassed your question …:-) ]

[heutistmeintag]

OK... I've been following this thread with interest... and based on what I read so far... can any parents with gifted children tell me if I may have been gifted too?

>>> I am not a parent of gifted children but tempted to comment.

1. I hate clothes labels. I was good with scissors from an early age from all the surgical removal of the offending clothes labels - my objective being the complete removal with ZERO trace of them having ever existed. I hate prickly clothes too and have my favorite blanky.
>>> Me too me too, but if the it's branded, I wont cut the label.

2. I had a chick once. My mother refused to let me keep that stray dog I found earlier, so I was surprised when she generously allowed me to keep the chick which I showered with tender loving care and fed it until I couldn't find it one day. We had chicken that evening. Despite all assurances that dinner didn't comprise my favourite companion, I cried my eyes out and refused to eat chicken for one whole week, until I was sure that none of that particular chicken remained. But it didn't affect my appetite for other chickens.
>>> I will eat any chicken anytime, they are food not pets. However, I wont eat my pet dog coz he's like a son to me.

3. I was sensitive (still am) and very conscious of what people think of me. Fair play and fully understanding the rules of any game I participate in to ensure there are no loopholes are very important to me. But I have no problems making friends and working in teams - except I always end up doing most if not all the work.
>>> Sensitive yes but not very smart, I must say. LOL I had an advice once - good EQ means getting people to do the work that you ought to do. Must improve EQ !

4. I spent long periods of my childhood scaring myself sleepless at night because I couldn't understand how the universe can be infinite and why I am what I am.
>>> Dun fret, I do not think that science can convincingly answer this properly until today. You may need to consider religion.

5. I remember and recognise people from a single glance but cannot remember names. I love logic and IQ tests but hate arithmetic calculations. I love A-maths but hate E-maths. I love science, literature, and economics but hate accountancy and biology.
>>> I am bad with names but when forced to, I can. During my reservist days, I can remember all the names in my company of 140 men because I was the CSM. Would gifted == high IQ?

So am I? Am I?
>>> I think you are gifted. So, what are you going to do next?

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[ChiefKiasu]

heutistmeintag:

...So am I? Am I?

>>> I think you are gifted. So, what are you going to do next?

Oh... if I find out that I was... I'm going back to MOE to claim my GEP benefits! Then again maybe not... they might put me back in P5 and P6 in one of the GEP schools.

[wwcookie]

ChiefKiasu:

So am I? Am I?

OMG! You are! You are! What a classic case! Whahahaha!!!

[breguet]

Just make sure you post a pic of your present day self in school uniform, ok?

[ZacK]

I think CKS should post a pix of himself (overgrown and in primary school uniform with pulled up knee length socks!!! ) ..... Hmm come to think of it... Looks like one of the students from MINDS* rather than GEP :?


However for you to be able to administer to such a forum here... You are certainly more gifted/brighter than most of us here

* No offence intended but for the fun of it

[lizawa]

Chief Kiasu,


Thanks for the post. Really brightens up the gloomy Friday afternoon. :lol:

I am pretty sure with such humour, your IQ and EQ must be high. So if not gifted, must have been a bright child !

[jedamum]

ChiefKS, thats a good one!


Just some thoughts…a gifted child may be insensitive, and a sensitive child may not be gifted…it may just mean that he/she is more matured.

[tamarind]

ChiefKiasu,

I like your post :lol:

I also had chicks when I was a few years old. When they grew big, my mother slaughtered them in our bathroom, cooked and fed to the family. I did not feel any remorse. In fact, I even watched her cut the throat of the chickens. I am definitely not gifted hahaha

ChiefKiasu:

OK... I've been following this thread with interest... and based on what I read so far... can any parents with gifted children tell me if I may have been gifted too?

1. I hate clothes labels. I was good with scissors from an early age from all the surgical removal of the offending clothes labels - my objective being the complete removal with ZERO trace of them having ever existed. I hate prickly clothes too and have my favorite blanky.

2. I had a chick once. My mother refused to let me keep that stray dog I found earlier, so I was surprised when she generously allowed me to keep the chick which I showered with tender loving care and fed it until I couldn't find it one day. We had chicken that evening. Despite all assurances that dinner didn't comprise my favourite companion, I cried my eyes out and refused to eat chicken for one whole week, until I was sure that none of that particular chicken remained. But it didn't affect my appetite for other chickens.

3. I was sensitive (still am) and very conscious of what people think of me. Fair play and fully understanding the rules of any game I participate in to ensure there are no loopholes are very important to me. But I have no problems making friends and working in teams - except I always end up doing most if not all the work.

4. I spent long periods of my childhood scaring myself sleepless at night because I couldn't understand how the universe can be infinite and why I am what I am.

5. I remember and recognise people from a single glance but cannot remember names. I love logic and IQ tests but hate arithmetic calculations. I love A-maths but hate E-maths. I love science, literature, and economics but hate accountancy and biology.

6. I drove my father nuts when I dissected the family tape recorder in P3 to find out how the thing worked. Wanted to make the tape go backwards to hear what it sounds like. Did the same to the iron to look at the thermostat... but managed to put it together again so he didn't know. Constructed several projectile weapons based on pen parts with effective shooting ranges of up to 5m. Tried to build a submarine out of a motor and Smarties can... failed when the motor dropped off due to the lousy scotchtape I used. Got electrocuted countless times (that's why I know how difficult it is to die from electric shocks from the wall socket) from trying to build a rechargeable battery. Come to think of it... I'm been living really dangerously :).

So am I? Am I?

[tamarind]

I don't think there are any fixed set of characteristics that a gifted child should have. I think generally a gifted child has superb memory and learn things very quickly.


I posted the following in the first post of this thread :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gifted
Generally, gifted individuals learn more quickly, deeply, and broadly than their peers. Gifted children may learn to read early and operate at the same level as normal children who are significantly older. The gifted tend to demonstrate high reasoning ability, creativity, curiosity, a large vocabulary, and an excellent memory. They often can master concepts with few repetitions. They may also be physically and emotionally sensitive, perfectionistic, and may frequently question authority. Some have trouble relating to or communicating with their peers because of disparities in vocabulary size (especially in the early years), personality, interests and motivation. As children, they may prefer the company of older children or adults.

I would say that my girl has most of the above traits, except that she has no problem communicating with other kids her same age. She also has superb fine motor skills compared to other kids the same age.