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robo37
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02 Mar 2009, 3:37 pm

People don’t treat me any different, if anything, they treat me worse. My 'friend' used to make fun at the fact that I didn't talk properly and I'm crap at sports, so I foolishly fought that he would understand/feel sorry for me. I was wrong. It's almost like he's glade that he has another reason to insult me.



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02 Mar 2009, 4:28 pm

DW_a_mom wrote:
People see it quickly in my son, as well. ...

He is GATE qualified but I don't think his composite IQ is officially gifted - high, but not over 140. The low scoring components pull a pretty heavy drag on it.


There's no one set number for giftedness; depends on local decisions as to the cutoff. It's usually around 120-25, so if your son is anywhere near 149, he's highly gifted.


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