A relatively applicable quote:

"The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them." ~Mark Twain

 

Don't want to seem like a bubble burster, BUT it's most likely an abnormal (not in a bad way, just deviates from the norm) developmental spurt. Kids develop intellectually at different times and stages just as some kids learn to speak at 7-8months and others may take a few years. Eventually most level out at the intellectual capacity and what mainly differentiates people is the amount of work and effort they put into things they do.

Many examples of this happening to extreme cases (12yr old doctor in india, 15yr old sugeon, etc) , just don't feel like finding discrete examples.

 

I had to face a similar issue when I went to college. I didn't have to work for my grades until then and it took me a solid two semesters of sub-par grades to realize that it'd take more than two hours of study the night before the final exam to learn the entire course. I mean, when you cover two years of high school physics in thirteen weeks, you know that you've got to learn quickly and stay on top of things. The amount of information I had to absorb in high school was so trivial on a daily basis compared to college.

I'm better now but it definitely took me a while to get into that groove. I'd just study for a bit, throw the book away, and go do whatever I wanted....and write a C or D on the test (even failed a few). I never failed a class but I came close a few times.

Sounds like we're very much the same (for better or worse). If we're not challenged regularly, we don't really excel that much. Luckily, my boss challenges me a fair bit, especially when we have a super-tight schedule.

 

[QUOTE=vtec9,Oct 11 2007, 05:14 PM] I was in a gifted and talented program as a child.. but look at me now.

 

Roger that. Early teens or younger taking physics class in college or children writing full lengths pieces of music are genuises.

You have a very sharp, inteligent girl. Still a gift by every means.

 

Again, I used the word "prodigy" jokingly. She can be a prodigy, genius, or even normal, for all I care, as long as she'll become a good, compassionate person like her daddy.

I think she's very bright, regardless of being a genius or not; reading and writing at 3 when most kids start at 5 or 6, including my older child. Sometimes the phrases that came out of her mouth, I thought she was an actual philosopher.

Anyway, she's "decided" she wants to be a doctor, singer and model at the same time. I said she couldn't be all three, and she replied: "Says who? I can be all three if I want to."

One thing is for sure, she has "non-Asian" eyes. They are round and light brown with eyelashes nearly an inch long. She'll grow up to be as pretty as her daddy.

So yeah, prodigy, genius, who cares...I'll see how she'll turn out once she's a bit older. But she does seem brighter than other kids, including my older daughter when she was that age.

 

You may want to limit your son to using the computer a bit less. My daughter likes and knows how to use our desktop too, but we forbid her. She'll have plenty of time to do that because she'll be a in a "computer world" when she's grown. The reasons for our limitation: 1) we don't fully trust the internet for young children; 2) using the computer much can put stress on the eyes and may diminish vision (that's a known and proven fact).

Kids will have plenty of time to get acquainted with computers once in higher schools.

 

I've done all 3 so it ain't impossible baby. The sky's the limit!

 

I'd heard of plus-size models but I didn't know they accepted ugly ones.

Perhaps we should ask your Mom?

 

I think he was referring to his drag-queen days, which he called "modeling".