My Niece is among the 1 % of gifted children

[mapuc]

Was told by my Sister today, that my niece is, after the psychologists and others had studied her that her IQ is among the top of the 1% gifted children in Denmark.

This didn't surprise me at all.

My sister was told to take contact with Mensa. I don't know if she are going to do this or if she are not going to contact them.

Markus

[Platapus]

My free advice, and well worth the price, is not to isolate her from other children. She will be spending the rest of her life around people less "gifted" (what ever that means) and one of the most important lessons she has to learn is how to work with other people.

[mapuc]

Originally Posted by Platapus

My free advice, and well worth the price, is not to isolate her from other children. She will be spending the rest of her life around people less "gifted" (what ever that means) and one of the most important lessons she has to learn is how to work with other people.

Maybe I used the wrong word, when I wrote "gifted" I seem to recall the word, from other readings.

True, she is still a little girl with some problems.

One of her biggest positive side, is that she cares alot for other people and animals. Even though she is being bullied now and then in school, she help her friends a lot.

In my view she is still my 10 year(almost 11) niece.

Markus

[Commander Wallace]

On a serious note, the trick will be to keep her intellectually engaged since she is at a higher level. It may be necessary to move her up to higher grades to keep her interests up. She may also be able to graduate school early and move on to college if she is so inclined.

Your niece sounds exceptional and I hope she does well in all her future endeavors.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Platapus

My free advice, and well worth the price, is not to isolate her from other children. She will be spending the rest of her life around people less "gifted" (what ever that means) and one of the most important lessons she has to learn is how to work with other people.

Rgr that and best wishes to your niece

[mapuc]

Originally Posted by Commander Wallace

On a serious note, the trick will be to keep her intellectually engaged since she is at a higher level. It may be necessary to move her up to higher grades to keep her interests up. She may also be able to graduate school early and move on to college if she is so inclined.

Your niece sounds exceptional and I hope she does well in all her future endeavors.

She has made two jump up two classes/grades-She is 10 almost 11 her friends in her class is some years older than she is.

She is giving extra task from her teaches. My niece once told me, that there where times when she was so bored at school, the stuff she and the others was doing, were so easy she made it in no time. Sometime she helped her friends. So The teaches is giving her task from higher grades.

The School where is now, have said she could without any problems jump up 2-3 classes, my sister said no. The age different would be to much.

There are school for children with a very high IQ, but these are not ordinary elementary school, they are a sort of private school and it cost money to have children in these school, money my sister do not have.

There is a positive side and a negative side about these private school.

The positve side is she is with other children like her, and she will most likely not be bullied-which she is being now and then at the school she is now.

The negative side-She will be with children with high IQ and not ordinary children.

There are so to say something good about these private school and some bad things about them-From what I know.

My sister have contacted MENSA, now she and my niece wait for an answer from them.

Markus

[Commander Wallace]

I'm sure it will work out well for her.