October 25, 2011
Twice Exceptional
That Baby is now The Boy. The Boy is physically seven old and thinks he is 43. He is ‘gifted.’ His mind is constantly on high and never stops taking in information. He solves problems with a clarity and often times ingenuity I struggle with as an adult. He questions every single thing the teacher teaches and will simply refuse to do anything he feels he has already done. Adults find him easy to talk to because he understands them and sometimes he uses bigger words than they do. His ability to grasp and communicate detail is astounding. When he was five he helped me with Geometry.
The other night bed time was a challenge because everyone is always on the way to death. Always. My second grader wanted to know why we (as a species) even bother since we are always going to die sometime. He threw up his hands and exploded with angry resignation that it is all useless and shortly fell asleep. We have never gone gently into that good night.
My son grasps the concept of black holes and the idea of string theory. He just pointed out the silliness of the statement “This town ain’t big enough for the both of us.” Clearly this town is big enough since there are already a thousands of other people here. Pff.
He reads several years above his grade level. His second grade teacher believes that his IQ is off the charts and that he is one of the smartest and brightest children she has ever met. She also believes he has ADHD.
He has difficulty focusing on one thing for longer than 7 minutes, can not stop speaking and has already been labeled an underachiever by a hag questionable teacher who leads the Gifted program at his school. Daily he will get up and take a leisurely stroll to investigate the classroom more thoroughly while the teacher is teaching or other children are speaking, reading, etc. Homework is usually accompanied by a tantrum of epic proportions only to be completed in record time. There is much ado about nothing because his mind is constantly taking in every single thing and can not focus on a single thing.
We are twice exceptional. You would think that would be a good thing.
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