Tuesday

The Gifted & The Talented

Last week, my 8 year old daughter spent 6 hours taking tests.

In the summer.

Because she is special.

Or at least that was her response when I told her she was going to do some achievement tests.

Yes, her self esteem is doing well.  Thank you.  

I explained that we were allowing the gifted and talented testing to help eliminate boredom and excessive talking in the classroom.

Oh.

When I picked her up the second day, she told me all about another student she met.

"Mom, she is so smart.  And so are her parents.  Her Dad is working on a medication to cure diabetes, right now.  And her Mom is on the research team with him and she's testing the medicine on lab rats!" she explained excitedly.

"Wow," I said and I will admit I felt rather ignorant.  I mean, the smartest thing I'd done all day was keep my toddler's reaching hand out of her poop diaper.  

Because yesterday she was quicker than me.  

And so, baiting my smarty-pants daughter, I said, "Well, that is awesome.  I guess most of the kids who tested with you have really smart parents.  Right?"

She thought about that a minute and I could almost hear her brain working.  

"I guess you're right.  I must get it from Dad."

47 comments:

World's Greatest Mommy said...

LOL!

All of my kids have higher IQ's than me. (And mine isn't lousy, either.) And my husband...his is sky high. Although you wouldn't know it, watching him yell at the football video game. I content myself with the fact that I make better lasagna than all of them.

Jamie said...

She's a funny one, THAT girl of yours! I'm sure that is what my kids would say too. I'm always saying, "that would be a good question to ask your dad."

KWolfAK said...

I bet you're smarter than all the other gifted moms put together. After all, YOU'RE not the one that works with rats all day!

cajungal01 said...

I have no doubt that feeding a bunch of rats various meds and observing them is TONS easier than keeping a toddler's hands out of her poop! One day she'll know... That infinite wisdom we all gain when we become Moms and think "Wow, my mom had to go through all of this and do all of this with ME?"
:0)

Anonymous said...

Well kids IQ's usually land within 10 points of their parents so she gets it from you too!!

Anooja said...

General knowledge is that kids now a days are much smarter than their parents
Guess she gets it from your side too.. u write so well and you have a knack to keep readers coming back..

Anonymous said...

I do think kids are amazing at taking the air out of any confidence we may have. Good luck with the testing. What an honor just to be tested :)

Nancy M. said...

My son says things like that to me. Gotta love kids!

Anonymous said...

OH, from the mouths of babes! I think God gives us children to keep us humble. Mine especially like to tell me how fat I am! And to think, we still feed them...

Happy Mommy said...

No she didn't! I love achievement tests, I like to see where we stand. Can't wait to see your answers of the meme. Have fun on vacation!

Unknown said...

LOL! That was so funny! Children are so honest aren't they;)

Tara @ Feels Like Home said...

Oh, no! It's a really funny story, but I think there's a sad social commentary behind it. Why do we (as a society) give so little prestige to stay at home mothers? They (and you) are doing the most important job in the whole world, and it doesn't make them any less smart. Maybe it makes them even more smart.

Anonymous said...

That is SO something my daughter would say. She is such a smarty-pants.

Dawn @ simply transparent said...

LOL! ROTFL!!!

That's too funny!!! LOL!

It's so OK to laugh right?!

Threeundertwo said...

I read your posts. . .and I hear rim shots.

Suzie said...

Douh...No way! Ouch is right

Jessica said...

Oh My Goodness. That little stinker. Your job requires way more brain activity than testing lab rats.

Anonymous said...

Cheeky! Hopefully, they'll be able to place her in a program that keeps her stimulated, as opposed to bored (and disruptive to other students).
Congrats on having a smarty-pants daughter! It's better than the opposite extreme.

Christie O. said...

Too funny!!!
(I left you some bloggy bling at my blog -- fyi!)

Cassandra said...

Ouch. Quick witted kid you got there. Did she get THAT from you? :)

Cassandra said...

Ouch. Quick witted kid you got there. Did she get THAT from you? :)

Michelle@Life with Three said...

Oh, no she didn't! I bet you didn't see that one coming! :)

A Christian Mom said...

LMBO... kids, don't you love them? And don't you want some of your own one day!?

Tammy said...

HILARIOUS! I got a daughter just like that, and she'll be 7 next week. I gotta stay quick on my feet with her! Hence, my blog post today! :-)

Anonymous said...

Too cute!!!

Lisa said...

She may get her IQ from her daddy, but she gets her wit from her momma!

~Denise~ said...

They are so precious aren't they. I think she's shortselling her momma. ;)

Marcy Massura said...

Just when you are having a proud moma moment they go and wreck it! Warning though the GATE program can be a scam....sure I wrote my first play at 7 and learned to churn butter and learned engineering while re-building a motor....but um, I can't spell for crap. They sorta glossed over the basics ya know?

Moriah @ Please Pass the Salt said...

Kristen - many of my cousins and some of my friends have completed lots of 'higher education' since college, while I stayed home with babies. It's easy to feel less important at times, huh?

I always have to remind myself that the most important thing IS raising the kids faithfully - in heaven the Lord isn't going to care how many degrees we have or what kind of job we worked while on earth. The eternal blessings are our children. Poopy diapers and all.

The Broad Squad said...

TOO FUNNY!!!!! Thanks for the laugh!

Anonymous said...

I was actually pulled out of school to take those tests when I was in fifth grade, and then I never heard anything back. Guess I wasn't quite gifted or talented enough! I was put into GATE (Gifted and Talented Education) a few years later anyway. What's funny about that is that all of the kids in that class ended up at loose ends in the world, no one went on to "greater things." So much for that system eh?

Anonymous said...

Oh my goodness---she is witty, isn't she?
My 6 1/2 yr old says things like that.

Unknown said...

I take it she's also the smart-aleck in your family? :-) They say every family has one!

Unknown said...

How cute! And you know, kids just say the darndest things, and they even mean anything by it. What you do is WAY harder, cause keeping a kids hands out of their diaper is a 24/7 job!!! LOL

Growin' with it said...

aww, just tell her she gets her good looks from her mom!

Sonya said...

LOL

Wow though, 6 hours of tests! My 7 year old had some real issues with being bored and talking in class this past year. I'd love it if our school could offer her a program, but it doesn't start here until 4th.

Anonymous said...

soooo, they're finding a cure for diabetes, but are they super star bloggers read by hundreds of people daily? Keep up the great work!!

BTW my post today, totally reminded me of when your daughter called the pastor on your cell phone. Looks like our girls are kindred spirits!

JoAnn said...

Oh funny!

I wonder if your 8 year old daughter would like to penpal (snail mail or email) with my 8 year old daughter. While she'll never be in or tested for the GATE program because she's homeschooled, she certainly qualifies. It would be nice for her to have another girl her age for her to converse with.

Missy said...

HA! Did you walk into that, or what? Hee-hee-hee!

Andrea said...

They think this because we are at home all day trying with great effort to answer all questions, but at then end of the day we say...I don't know go ask your father. And he knows. So...there you are.

TJ said...

My husband always tells me that our daughter got her mouth from me. Maybe your's did too!

Megan said...

Oh, to be 8 years old and without an internal censor. :-)

Ok, Where Was I? said...

Ouch, the little punk! Curing diabetes, blogging--same difference. At least that's what I tell myself.

Tami said...

HA! Kids and their brutal honesty - gotta love it !!

Lynn said...

No she didn't!!!! This is too funny! "Because yesterday she was quicker than me."...nice.

4funboys said...

That's funny!

Anonymous said...

Oh that's funny. Was she being smart-alecky or honest...w/ my boys, statements like that could be either one.