Yes, your child is special. Gifted actually. And her behaviour is more than understandable, it's justified. What the world doesn't understand is that she is a child with an intelligence that means sometimes she isn't always mindful of the needs of others. This doesn't make her any less empathetic towards the needs of others, it is just that she takes her pursuits very seriously.
We understand why one rule applies to your child and another to every other child. Of course it's fine for us to take into account her busy schedule and allow her to skip the qualification stage of the event and send her straight into the competition. We all know she'd make it into the team if she had the opportunity to try out, she's gifted after all.
You're right, she's exhausted. And that's why she refuses to do anything the other children are expected to do. She's also extremely passionate and takes conflicts to heart. When she pulled the pants down of the child hanging from the monkey bars, it was because she was expressing her frustration at that child dominating the climbing equipment. She would have explained her frustration if she had been able to find words small enough for that child to understand.
And you're also probably right that she is reading at a much more advanced level than the one for which I am currently giving her credit. I keep forgetting that just because she has no idea what she's just read, the main thing is her ability to phonetically decode really hard words. I understand that I'm asking the wrong questions after she's read the book and that the questions you ask are probably the right ones.
This is how it goes right?
Parent: What was that story about?
Gifted child: A dog.
Parent: How did it end?
Gifted child: Happily.
So, I think I need to focus more on your child. Because they just aren't getting the attention they need. After all, they are a gifted child.
