Two days ago, I wrote about how being gifted results in an experience of life and existing which is usually markedly different in intensity and complexity than what normal people experience. Today I’m going to talk about why so many highly intelligent people fail to see themselves as gifted and and why gifted people [...]
Archive for July, 2008
Who me, gifted?
Posted in life, tagged education, family, gifted, life on July 31, 2008 | 7 Comments »
My terrible mom moment of the day
Posted in being mom, tagged bad mom moments, being mom, family, life on July 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
OMG. I had an awful bad mom moment this morning. I signed my 13 year old up for a two day camp where he will learn to canoe. For whatever reason, I had it all set in my head that it was an overnight trip. So we packed PJs and a sleeping bag and headed [...]
How being gifted means being different
Posted in education, tagged education, family, giftedness, intelligence, life on July 29, 2008 | 9 Comments »
Over the last couple of years I have spent time off and on doing research into giftedness and living with unusually high intelligence. It has been far more interesting and enlightening than I expected. So I figured I would share some of what I have learned with y’all. Today I will focus on some of [...]
Summer Camp and Peer Socialization
Posted in family, homeschooling, tagged family, homeschooling, kids, life, summer camp on July 28, 2008 | 6 Comments »
My 9 year old spent last week at a nearby nature center for summer camp. It ran from 8-4 with an overnight camp-out Thursday night. It was really the first time he’s spent that much time in that short a period away from his family. He had an absolute blast, got along [...]
I am amazed
Posted in religion, tagged athiests, christianity, PZ Myers, religion on July 27, 2008 | 7 Comments »
God works. That’s all I can say. You may have heard the howling and gnashing of teeth on both sides over University of Minnesota at Morris professor P.Z. Meyer’s quest to desecrate a eucharist. He finally got his hands on one (I didn’t read closely enough to see if it was a consecrated host or [...]
Is the bible an instruction book?
Posted in religion, tagged bible study, christianity, life, religion on July 8, 2008 | 6 Comments »
We’ve probably all seen a pastor stand up with a bible and declare, “this is God’s instruction manual for life.” Or seen those bumper stickers which say, “God said it, I believe it, that settles it.” The idea is that you can just flip open the bible and find instructions, directions and formulas [...]
May Wonders Never Cease
Posted in Uncategorized on July 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Last night my oldest son Noah announced to his little brother, “you can use the computer all day tomorrow. I’m going to be busy working on writing my story.” As of right now, I think he has 5 pages written in his notebook. This is my child who HATES writing more than [...]
Liberal-Conservative Quote of the Day
Posted in Uncategorized on July 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
“Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others.” – Ambrose Bierce, satirist.
