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<blockquote data-quote="Malika" data-source="post: 413579" data-attributes="member: 11227"><p>Thanks, HaoZi, that's interesting. Listen, if your daughter is typical of "gifted", my son definitely isn't! And no more was I (though I did have an IQ of 138 when tested, whatever that means, which I suspect is not all that much!!) She sounds positively zimming and zipping with intelligence and acuity... must be fascinating to live with and see her develop. At the same time, and obvious to say - and as previously said - there are gifts of all kinds... Here in France, for example, what is valued as intelligence is really very rational, linear thinking that isn't all that creative or interesting (at least on a school level); it is a very dry, academic affair. And then, which is the really valid point you make, the most valuable and rounded kind of intelligence must be that which includes the "intelligence of the heart", compassion, understanding people and what leads to social well-being... And that, of course, is a subject we are all woefully under-educated in...</p><p>Alas, I am ancient compared to you! No-one talked about "gifted" in my day unless you were an infant prodigy. Your daughter would have made the grade <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malika, post: 413579, member: 11227"] Thanks, HaoZi, that's interesting. Listen, if your daughter is typical of "gifted", my son definitely isn't! And no more was I (though I did have an IQ of 138 when tested, whatever that means, which I suspect is not all that much!!) She sounds positively zimming and zipping with intelligence and acuity... must be fascinating to live with and see her develop. At the same time, and obvious to say - and as previously said - there are gifts of all kinds... Here in France, for example, what is valued as intelligence is really very rational, linear thinking that isn't all that creative or interesting (at least on a school level); it is a very dry, academic affair. And then, which is the really valid point you make, the most valuable and rounded kind of intelligence must be that which includes the "intelligence of the heart", compassion, understanding people and what leads to social well-being... And that, of course, is a subject we are all woefully under-educated in... Alas, I am ancient compared to you! No-one talked about "gifted" in my day unless you were an infant prodigy. Your daughter would have made the grade :-) [/QUOTE]
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