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How do you know if you're gifted?
by sagolikasoppor 2y ago
How do you know if you're gifted?
- Marsymars 2y agoPresumably you get told you're gifted by the education system following some assessment. Personally, I'd never even heard of the term "gifted" until I left home for university, it wasn't a thing that existed in the rural location where I grew up.
- trogdor 2y agoWas school consistently easier for you than it was for your classmates? Was it much easier for you? How about compared to your smartest classmates? I think the answers to those questions are pretty strong indicators. Fundamentally, though, IMO most people who are gifted know it.
- opengated 2y agoSeems like it's since been reworked, but before 2014 elementary kids in the US were tested and potentially placed in the GATE Program[1] based on their results. [1] https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/gt/ https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/gt/
- minticecream 2y ago"Gifted" is of course a spectrum. You'd know if you were smarter than the average bear if you got put up a class, put into "the smart kids class", or got selected for various leadership programs etc. Of course not everywhere would have such programs, but there will likely be other tell-tale signs as well.
- ninetyninenine 2y agoThe most quantitative measure is IQ. People like to criticize it but in psychology it is the most empirically verified number that correlates with so many things.
- Clubber 2y ago>How do you know if you're gifted? When I was growing up, it meant you scored 130 or higher on an IQ test administered by a professional psychologist. For me, I had this administered in 3rd grade. I assume some teacher suggested I get tested.