The Crystal Meth problem.

[cortez]

Re: RE: The Crystal Meth prob

Cortez, I suppose since you have revealed this much already I feel safe discussing it myself, I need to talk to someone about the vats I was born in. I have an IQ of 193.7 but I've been able to keep it hidden from everyone.
I'm sure the peeple on this forum are blissfully unaware of the awesome intellectual power I control.[/quote]

In fact, Dark Beaver, your intellect is highly recognized....Jay himself has dedicated a whole forum to you entitled "LOOK HOW SMART DARK-ER-DEAD BEAVER IS...."



ARE YOU OK IN THAT PICTURE...DO YOU NEED ME TO PULL THAT BIG LOG OFF YOU??????

 

[Said1]

I have a high IQ too, according to that on-line test I cheated on.

 

[Sassylassie]

Alberta, well done young man. I have a nephew in a very similar situation and I am at a loss on how to help him. Advice would be welcome. From the moment he was born he has been a quiet and sad lad and brilliant. This lad could do so much with his life. He is in his early twenties and he lives for pot, I am terrified that he will move on to harder drugs.


As for being different revel in it, normal is over-rated. Since I was a child of four the following statements or labels have been flung at me.

1. That child is not normal. Example: My family and extended family were having a picnic, the other kids were playing and swimming and I was reading a book for this I was not normal. A four year old shouldn't be reading chapter books.

2. Lord that child is sassy, you need to do something about it. What lock me up in the attic. If you ask me a question and I
answer what do you expect me to do lie.

3. That child has an old soul. My eyes are very expressive, what was I suppose to do about that.

4. Do you think she will grow out of it, dah not going to happen.

Alberta there is nothing abnormal or wrong with being different. If the rest of rest of society can't except you that is not your problem but theirs. Cheers M.

 

[Outta here]

Well said Sassi, and I'm glad ya didn't grow out of it. I was in a similar situation as a young gal too, and now I'm raising 2 incredible kids that fit that description too. My son has figured out how to 'fit in' which I guess is good for him - whatever we gotta do to cope eh? But my daughter.... well she's definately dancing to her own tune... and I'm sooo proud of her for it. I encourage it all I can.... but she struggles with finding friends that 'get' her. Her sense of humour is far too sophisticated for her peers... and she's an honours student without really even trying... it works against her peers - wise right now, but she cracks me up all the time, and her teachers revel in her twisted little sense of humour that flies over all the other kids' heads... but there are times she's lonely and that's really hard to watch as a parent...
I just keep promising her that it gets better as we get older - at least it has for me... people seem to appreciate that 'uniqueness' in me much more now than they did when I was younger... well, it's likely I've learned how and when to express it better too...

anyway, thanx fer sharing that about yourself.

Zan

 

[Sassylassie]

She will be fine, we abnormals are survivors. I have a nephew that is so bright he didn't have to go to primary they put him in grade one and by week two he was tutoring grade five students. The system isn't equipt to deal with these type of children. My sister enrolled him into swiming and that has really helped him find a peer group. Ask your daughter if she'd like to take dance lesson such as hip-hop.

 

[Alberta'sfinest]

RE: The Crystal Meth prob

Smart kids need challenges and encouragement. My brother is also fairly smart, and was reading novels in kindergarten. His brilliance that got him good marks overshadowed my gifts that usually got me into trouble. It was a lot easier for my parents to nurture his gifts by getting him involved in music, but they didn't have a clue what to do with me.

I see my younger cousin also starting to display signs of genius. When he was 4 years old, I watched him design a camera on paper, cut it out, and tape it together. It was like an SLR type camera with contours and all. So I gave him my massive lego set. I'm already starting to see him becoming isolated socially, which is too bad. He lives in a small town which is going to make his situation worse.

I've been talking to school representatives about creating a program for gifted children to streamline their education and use the extra time in school to learn more advanced things to prepare them for higher learning. Smart kids seem to get bored rather easily, and are often diagnosed with ADD. The problem is in alocating resources to fund the program, as well as a teacher smart enough to teach it. I think the least that the schools can do is try and create a mentoring program for kids to tag along with scientists and other professionals to help coach these kids. They already changed a few things by introducing the dual math program with the introduction of pure math and applied math. It's a start.

 

[Outta here]

That's a great idea. My kids' school had a program like that called the "Enrichment" program. It was sadly, a joke. The concept was fantastic, and I was really excited that my son was chosen to be in it. I could already see signs of boredom and lack of challenge with him. Unfortunatley, though, they did absolutely nothing actually stimulating with the kids. In the end all it amounted to was a bunch of extra homework and a whack of teasing from the other kids. My son eventually went to the extreme of "dummying down" for most of his fifth grade to have his elegibility removed from that program. By the time my daughter was old enough to be in it, the program had disintegrated. I wouldn't have asked her to go in it anyway. But if an interested person with a little creativity were to implement a variation on the idea that actually got the kids engaged and enthused, I'd be all over it. I know there are some really cool new concepts in education emerging now, I think my kids won't get the best of it, but I'm sure my grandkids will be taught with a whole new approach to learning and education. Kids' unique learning styles and needs are really being acknowledged now, but it's still a fairly new concept. Time will poish it up into a really effective way to help kids meet their best potential, I'm sure.

For both of you, Sassie and AB's Finest - please don't worry too much about the youngsters in your families. I've watched and fretted over both of mine as they discovered the world is not necessarily tailor made to their personalities. Yes they struggled, and both have found very different ways to cope.... but the key thing is that they did and do cope. Just give 'em lots of love, a soft place to land, permission to excell at what ever excites them, and some boundaries ... and they'll find their way.

 

[jimmoyer]

Interesting thread.

It doesn't seem so automatic a blessing for IQ rarely
measures social intelligence.

I think social intelligence by its very nature requires
a longer gestation period until it blooms later in life.

And to design a program for the very gifted often
involves very un-gifted school administrators.

And for the gifted who have not gained social intelligence it would be also very hard for them to
design and RUN a gifted program.