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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 594608" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>Some of you may remember that Aubrey was far behind her age group in EVERY developmental milestone EXCEPT fine motor skills.......and I do mean far behind. It had me worried for quite a long time. I wasn't sure if it was something serious going on or if it was because she paid so MUCH attention to minute detail that she was missing the big picture in some areas. Turned out to be the latter. (same problem I had at times as a child) I am intelligent, I habitually think outside the box, I'm practical to a fault, and before the Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) I had a photographic memory that enormously enhanced those first three things. Yet until I reached HS I grew up thinking I was stupid. Not grade wise, necessarily, as I didn't put in much effort at all, flat out refused to do homework assignments, flat out refused to work in "groups" (that is when that became popular)........I still managed very good grades despite those things much to the frustration of all my teachers. And I talked almost non stop all through grade school. lol I learned math prior to kindergarden by shopping..........I was doing percentages in my head (sales tax) at age 3. I still have to do it in my head.....if I do that sort of math on paper it only confuses me. It's not a process I think consciously about and if I try I get "lost". I only had ONE teacher figure this out.......my 7th/8th grade Math teacher. I couldn't do fractions/long division until she found a way for me to think about it in terms of money. All my math is done in "money mode", even now. I was horrifically bored in school. Reading took a long time for me to catch on to; I had trouble figuring out that letters made words. Once that concept hit home (teacher was too busy calling me stupid to actually TELL me that little critical fact) I was reading many grade levels above my peers almost immediately. History and Science were my weak areas only because most of the time I simply was NOT interested. If a teacher could make me interested I took off like a shot. That didn't happen really until HS. Nichole is too much like me to let the school break Aubrey's spirit or her desire to learn. Teachers/school staff will discover quickly Nichole is a force unto herself to be reckoned with. LOL I will suggest to her to see if there are any gifted classes or schools that she can sign Aubrey up for. I hated school until HS simply because I was bored out of my mind. Darrin is also starting to get bored in school, but so far it's not causing trouble. I've suspected for a few years he may also have inherited the photographic memory. easy child is already strongly considering home schooling him. I know we don't have either gifted classes or a program for him. He can't even try a gifted class until HS. Since this probably came out as one long paragraph..........I'll respond more later when I figure out why every response I make today comes out one long paragraph. LOL omg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 594608, member: 84"] Some of you may remember that Aubrey was far behind her age group in EVERY developmental milestone EXCEPT fine motor skills.......and I do mean far behind. It had me worried for quite a long time. I wasn't sure if it was something serious going on or if it was because she paid so MUCH attention to minute detail that she was missing the big picture in some areas. Turned out to be the latter. (same problem I had at times as a child) I am intelligent, I habitually think outside the box, I'm practical to a fault, and before the Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) I had a photographic memory that enormously enhanced those first three things. Yet until I reached HS I grew up thinking I was stupid. Not grade wise, necessarily, as I didn't put in much effort at all, flat out refused to do homework assignments, flat out refused to work in "groups" (that is when that became popular)........I still managed very good grades despite those things much to the frustration of all my teachers. And I talked almost non stop all through grade school. lol I learned math prior to kindergarden by shopping..........I was doing percentages in my head (sales tax) at age 3. I still have to do it in my head.....if I do that sort of math on paper it only confuses me. It's not a process I think consciously about and if I try I get "lost". I only had ONE teacher figure this out.......my 7th/8th grade Math teacher. I couldn't do fractions/long division until she found a way for me to think about it in terms of money. All my math is done in "money mode", even now. I was horrifically bored in school. Reading took a long time for me to catch on to; I had trouble figuring out that letters made words. Once that concept hit home (teacher was too busy calling me stupid to actually TELL me that little critical fact) I was reading many grade levels above my peers almost immediately. History and Science were my weak areas only because most of the time I simply was NOT interested. If a teacher could make me interested I took off like a shot. That didn't happen really until HS. Nichole is too much like me to let the school break Aubrey's spirit or her desire to learn. Teachers/school staff will discover quickly Nichole is a force unto herself to be reckoned with. LOL I will suggest to her to see if there are any gifted classes or schools that she can sign Aubrey up for. I hated school until HS simply because I was bored out of my mind. Darrin is also starting to get bored in school, but so far it's not causing trouble. I've suspected for a few years he may also have inherited the photographic memory. easy child is already strongly considering home schooling him. I know we don't have either gifted classes or a program for him. He can't even try a gifted class until HS. Since this probably came out as one long paragraph..........I'll respond more later when I figure out why every response I make today comes out one long paragraph. LOL omg [/QUOTE]
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