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　　I read a letter of a mother of a gifted child to an expert with gifted children stating that her son was always complaining that he doesn't like his teacher for she talks in baby language and she lets them sing baby songs．Having an insufficient(不足够的)understanding of being different from their normally developing classmates, gifted children may find themselves wanting to learn more than being boxed with other kids of their age．They want to quench(解渴)their thirst for knowledge．However, in the process, they tend to develop negative(负面的)thoughts about school and teachers．Thus, they tend to exhibit behavioral problems．

　　Behavioral problems of gifted children could be mainly correlated(相关的)to their asynchronous(不同步的)development．This development means that the child has uneven(不均衡的)development in their mind, body and emotions．To explain further, a gifted child may live in different ages at once．He may show high intellectual(智力的)capabilities at some point but the time his emotions rule, he would go back to his true age going through tantrums(脾气发作)and endless sobbing(哭泣)．He maybe find it happy playing with kids his age but the next day, he would be bored with that and he would find conversing with older kids to be more challenging．

　　Because of high intellectual level, a gifted child often acts differently in his own classroom．He has the thinking of being above from the rest of his classmates when it comes to grades, academic awards and school recognitions．In classroom discussions, the child may be very cooperative(合作的)having advanced knowledge in the lessons but it is mostly that he will suffer from boredom as he is not challenged by the lessons and he would feel no improvement with them．