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Giftedness & the Gifted

My Story

I grew up gifted.  And I grew up with my parents and teachers recognizing that I was gifted, but dealt with it in an entirely inadequate way.  By the time I was ten, I had a love-hate relationship with school.  I loved learning, but I wasn't getting nearly enough of it.  I was constantly bored.  And I didn't have anything in common with my peers.  It wasn't enough that I just go advanced ahead in my best subject (math), because I was bored in every subject.  My parents and I fought for every small step forward, but these concessions were granted only reluctantly and in small doses.  I had to switch schools in order to skip a grade (and even then, every school wasn't going to allow it--I chose my high school entirely because they let me skip a grade), and I still fought to finish high school in three years.

I didn't know anyone else like me, and I was alone.  I joined Mensa when I was 15 just so that I could know, in an abstract way at least, that I wasn't alone, that I wasn't the only one like this.

As an adult, I have found over the years that I didn't fit in most places.  Work and even school didn't relieve the problem.  I expected to fit in better in higher education and I didn't really.  I was interested in and good at too many unconnected things.  The linguists didn't understand the passion for astronomy.  And the mathematicians didn't understand my interest in writing novels.

For the moment, I am going back to school.  I have 4 degrees already, but so what?  I can afford it, and I enjoy it.  But as you can see from my vast interests on my website, I live for this stuff.

Lifelong Learning

Astronomy

Classical & Medieval

Philosophy & Logic

Linguistics

Mathematics

Mixology

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