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The use of the word teacher had me confused, as I'd normally assume a classroom setting for teaching student relationships. I know what these kids go through.
by MaximumYComb 7y ago
The use of the word teacher had me confused, as I'd normally assume a classroom setting for teaching student relationships.
I know what these kids go through. I was that kid myself. I know I was very aware that I wasn't "normal". You're correct that in the age range 4-7 a child wouldn't know to give the "expected" answer. It won't be much longer though until that child can use his/her intelligence to work out the expected response. At my school, it wasn't socially acceptable to show intelligence so maybe I learnt to hide it earlier than most.
I don't know my IQ. I've had to take tests a few times as an adult for work and every time I land "most likely somewhere in the top 0.1%" according to the psychologists. I don't really feel it matters if my tests show 145 or 160. A large school with 800 kids is only going to have a single child in that range.
You can either move that child up some years, or you can give them a customised workload. A child that is 180 IQ is very different from a child that's 145 but the approach of attempting to find them an appropiate workload would be a good start.
- DoreenMichele 7y ago"Guess the teacher's password" is an expression my son uses. It's based on his experiences attending public school for a few years. (I pulled him out to homeschool him when he was eleven.) Using it wasn't intended to suggest a classroom setting for the story in question, just a standard answer that someone more knowledgeable about history might not spit out as The Answer without being inculcated to do so.