I'm an MATS student who is the ONLY ONE in thirty miles! Is there a place that other gifted people go on the web? And why can't people seem to understand that the definition of a nerd is anyone who gets a 960 SAT M+V in 7th grade? \n\nP.S. Where can I get gifted support? Because my school certainly doesn't have it...\n\nstvgirl05@gmail.com
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if TIP means the duke tip..im 1
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You want a chat room.  Belief net has one.  I am neither flaky or teenage, but I am a Pagan.  I took the Mensa IQ test and it told me I had a 171.  So I don't think im stupid either.  I'd love to engage in debate.  have you tried Wondir.Com?  I've gotten onto debates there.,
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I'll be praying for you I don't know any magic spells. I'm always scared that I might fail a test but I end up passing I hope you do to. Sometimes my teacher even says that a lot of people failed a test and it was only one person that failed (ooh that's a lot). I heard that UCLA is a good school. Hope everything goes well let me know how it turns out Best Wishes.\nPlease let her pass\n\nPlease let her pass\n\nPleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease let her paaaaaaaaaasssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!
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Bright and immature usually go together. LOL. Anyway... yes, you MUST take matters into your own hands. It depends on what state you are in, regarding what programming is available to your school district. But all states have something for gifted kids. \n\nIn New Mexico (where I am), gifted education is under the special education umbrella. We have programs ranging from regular education in-class curriculum compression/acceleration, to pull-out programs (what I teach), to self-contained gifted programs (in Albuquerque). One model being utilized in a variety of locations in New Mexico is the Autonomous Learner Model. \n\nNow, that being said... not everything in life is interesting. If your son is being given materials and instruction at his academic developmental level, is being encouraged to socialize with same-age peers to develop his social skills, and is being given additional activities in his areas of interest to study in-depth, then guess what. Sometimes we get bored. They way I explain it to my students is that dishes are boring, but they've got to get done. \n\nOn the other hand, if these things aren't being done, then make some noise at your son's school. Enrichment does NOT mean MORE work, it means work at HIS ability level. If the grade-level curriculum package ends on its enrichment suggestions below his ability level, then his regular ed teacher (in collaboration with the school or district gifted education staff) should be coming up with REPLACEMENT activities for him at his true academic development level.\n\nIf your son is finishing well before the other students, then he should have an independent project in an academic area of interest that he is working on for his own personal growth and edification.\n\nI work with K - 5 grade level Gifted kids for one hour each day. We just finished studying the 4 kinds of dams, human need, environmental impacts, and the physics of construction, and building our own models. To wrap up the year, we're going to be studying the UFO phenomenon from a mythological/legend context, including area 51 and stealth technology, ancient Greek and other myths, modern myths and legends, and hold a class debate on how and where potential life may exist in our universe.\n\nAnd they still have to do the regular ed classwork "dishes." LOL.\n\nMake that noise in your school!  Get them to use the programming available from your state!  Parents are the squeaky wheel that make good schools into great schools!
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Why are you sorry?  lol  Multiple Intelligences is a counter to the typical IQ score of students.  It states that there are intelligences such as Linguistic, Mathematics, Spatial, Body, Musical, Interpersonal, Interpersonal, Naturalist.\n\nWhen using them in the classroom it is best to take an interdisciplinary approach to address these intelligences.  When someone is teaching Math they might use word problems, have students get up and move around to demonstrate math-equations (like forming a line or something) working alone and in groups (etc)...you get the idea.\n\nIf you are being grilled on this, what you may also want to throw at your teacher or professor or principal for that matter is that the concept of innate intelligences is outdated and we should move into a model based on Efficacy.  Efficacy is an educational notion that with effort any student can be proficient in any area - so multiple intelligences would naturally be covered through effective effort in a well designed curriculum.\n\n(If you need more info let me know - I am working on my EdD and am currently a principal in Brooklyn, NY)\nJScalice292@yahoo.com
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I don't care to tell you my intelligence quotient because I don't  want to brag to you. I will however tell you I am more than 1 in a million and in the profoundly gifted range. You can say why do I answer questions online if I am so brilliant, and my answer to you is that I am studying social patterns of individuals below and at the genius level. Regardless, my interests at my age of 13 are quantum physics, law, medicine, and architecture. I have already self learned almost all parts of mathematics. I am currently learning Calculus.
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First off.......I am such a language/English/literature person. But in college I had to take a statistics class. I was scared to death because I just so don't have a mathematical mind. I loved it! The teacher was amazing......and related to each of us on  such a personal level. The hilarious part was that it was one of those huge lecture type classes with over 200 people. Yet, she had this way of making it seem like she was talking straight to you. We would all be working problems and laughing and poking fun at our silly mistakes instead of feeling like we were losers for screwing up. Her tests were monstrously hard, but I ended up with an "A" in the course. Shows you what amazing teaching skills mixed with personable skills can do for students. I loved this question......I'm so glad you asked it. I haven't thought of her in so long. I really should go find her and tell her thanks sometime!
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Well I'm pretty young, but at school today i helped a new kid find all of their classes. (pretty corny) I also got a 102 (a first for me) on my test. Not really big acomplishments compared to everyone else, but I'm proud of them
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I don't know what kind of random hits your teacher is making on the students.  Perhaps you can't get past that?  I went to three universities and graduated with a 4.0 GPA in all.  The key to my good grades was my note taking.  I took amazing notes and then when I got home, I went through them and outlined my notes making more sense of them.  By the time I got through outlining and making a really nice bunch of note pages, I knew the material.  It helps to not be freaked out by tests as well.  They never bothered me.  You either know it or you don't.  I think trying to study at the last minute outside the classroom door is foolish.  All that can do is get you all nervous and confused.  Even being around other students who are panicking over their last minute studying will have a negative effect on you.  I stayed away from the classroom and those students until the very last minute and didn't crack a book before the test.  Like I said, "If I didn't know it when I got there, I wasn't going to learn it in 5 minutes!"  I also helped other students study for their exams (the same ones I was taking) and this also solidified the information in my brain.  In that case, you give and you get something in return.  If there was an area which was extremely difficult to grasp onto, I stayed after class and talked to the instructor or made use of the computer programs available for that particular subject.  Good grades take hard work.  Your grades to date are not to be sneezed at, so don't be so hard on yourself.
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My high school was/is a Catholic stuffy rigid academic school. We hardly did well in any sporting activity but always did well in the braniac areas. For the most part my high school was divided into 3 main sections. Students that were upper middle class that had something to prove(mainly popularity and materialistically.) Second group was the brainiacs that snubbed the popular kids with their braniac elitism. The third group were ones that were just trying to survive and not fall between the cracks of the system. We all wore uniforms and mostly from the same heritage.
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Get off your freaking @ss, get the hell off yahoo answers and do your damn homework!\n\nDont you realize what school is all about? Its not about making friends and have a good time. School is sorting you out from everybody else. Its just about figuring who is smarter than who. If you keep up the road your on that dumb@ass kid that sits infront of you in math is going to have better grades than you, and he will get first dibs on the college you want. Only so many people get in you know. You want to jack around with your homework? How about your dream college jacks around with your resume? Nobody cares about potential, and what you could do if you tried. They just don't care. Nor should they. And if you tell yourself that your smart just because you got a 4.0 in the past, then you are telling youself lies. You know what? That was the past. that isnt now, and i bet you cant get a 4.0 again. Your not smart enough. JUST TRY TO PROVE ME WRONG!\n\nEdit:\nWHY ARE YOU THANKING ME?!?! I SAID GET OFF THE COMPUTER! lol just kidding. I have a bad problem with procastination too, so i just told you what my parents always tell me. Actually, ironically enough, I need to write a paper thats overdue in english, but i cant get myself off yahoo lol. Any advise for me?\n\nEdit: O give me a break! How can i be indorsed by the asker, and still get two thumbs down? First they cancel the practice, and now this?!?!? WHAT IS THIS WORLD COMING TO?!?!?\n\nEdit: O, and it has been 6 hours and i still havent brought myself to write my english paper...is that bad? LOL\n\nEdit: Woohoo, its been 7 hours and i got my english paper done! Doubt anybody cares though. Bet my random edits are just going to get me more thumb downs.
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Hmmmmm.... Your writing is terrible.  So, I have to make some guesses.  According to the title, it appears that you were in the talent show.  So, it seems like you might be one of the best sources or have access to the best sources of the information you seek.  However, there just may not be a Web page on the Linesville High School Talent Show.  \n\nNow, just why anyone on Yahoo Answers would know even where Linesville High School is, I don't know.  It sounds like it's in the middle of Hucklebuckville, Nebraska.  Basically, some bowhunk town.\n\nSo, just where is Linesville?  Does anybody there even know what the Internet is? :P
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Looks like you got lots of feedback on this.  Some good answers, and some not too good.  I only hope that you let him read the results of this question.  It is not to shame him, but to encourage him.  But, if he is not interested in math and physics, then there must be other things he is interested in.  Perhaps he would be a perfect game technician.  Their pays are not very terrible, if he gets hired with the right company.  I wish you all the best with this one.  Do you allow him use of the computer as well?  If you don't, maybe it could help him if you would allow it.  He could meet other kids around his age, or older, who might be an incentive to him.  Click on my avatar, I would like to offer more to you, and him directly.  But we can't use the Q&A page for communication purposes.  I have lots more questions.  Thank you.
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A schoolmate of mine got a perfect 36 on his ACT, his name is Gene Kopp. It's extremely difficult to do, but I'm sure on ACT's website they have a basic frame or circiculum on what to study. They also publish lots of books and study guides that are for sale on their website or in your favorite neighborhood bookstore. You can do it, it just takes a lot of study time and as many practice tests as you can afford.
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Why would anyone notice your straight A's unless you were bragging and showing them to everyone?  Also not all nerds and geeks are smart.  Some are pretty stupid.  I would advise you to get your grades and only tell when asked.  If somebody makes fun of you for being smart, make fun of them for being stupid.
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You are normal, smart, and able to do well in regular classes.\n\nIQ is a measure of how fast you learn, and how well you are able to use the knowledge you do have (puzzle solving/logic, memory, etc.).\n\nIQ scores divide as follows:\n\n100 is average. Most people fall between 85 and 115 IQ.\n\n115 - 129 is high average/superior intelligence. These are people who are smart, and also still do very well with regular education classwork. Most people who make a difference in this world actually fall in this range of intelligence.\n\n130 and above is "gifted/genius" level. These are people who think so fast that they need specialized instruction to really meet their full potential. Many often struggle in regular classwork because they don't have the patience to deal with the relatively slow pace and constant repetition. Only 2% of the population is this intelligent. Some are able to use their rapid thinking process to make a big difference in whatever area they choose to apply themselves... others crash and burn because they can't deal that well with normal routine tasks.\n\nIQ's between 70 and 85 are "borderline" -- they aren't retarded, but they need additional instruction and support to succeed academically. Most are fine socially and in daily life skills.\n\nIQ's under 70 are Mentally Retarded -- they learn extremely slowly, both academically and socially, and have trouble with understanding how to use skills in different environments.
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hey thats all the better that your smart! dont worry- just because you smart doesnt mean that you can only hang out with the "smart kids" (unless you want to!!) i moved to New York from South Korea in 6th grade (i knew english fluently) and was placed in the highest classes available. they were easy for me but the people there wernt my type so i made friends with people that wernt in my class. i distance learned for 7th grade and now im going back there for 8th and i asked specifically to not be placed in the high classes because i wanted to be more with my friends. keep this in mind- once you get to college there is no such thing as the "cool crowd" the "geeks" or any of that. you can roll out of bed put your hair up and walk to class in your pajamas without taking a shower and no one cares. most of the time you wont even talk to others in your class anyway in college. besides good grades mean good job so do your best and dont let schooling get in the way of your friendship!