However, he points out that not all the 20 come through as intellectually gifted. Some are just bright children or can read well. More teachers and parents are thinking that maybe their children are intellectually gifted. Many parents see their children as exceptionally bright or at least brighter than the next child. They want to believe their children are gifted.
Gifted children are different.
They exhibit certain traits and characteristics that a regular child or a bright child will not. And that's when an IQ test can clearly identify the ones with very high or superior intellectual potential. Indeed, quite the opposite has been known to happen. A small number of children whom their class teachers have consistently described as 'slow workers', 'disrupters' and 'ADD sufferers', have since been identified as intellectually gifted through IQ tests during their psychological assessments. According to her referral file, she wasn't doing any work, she was dirty, she wasn't organized, she was unkempt, she didn't have any friends, she sat by herself and didn't even bother talking to anyone.