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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 365532" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Even if he doesn't wake up and perform, he is CLEARLY learning. I say clearly because when he had to do stuff at the last minute and get good grades he was able to do so. in my opinion he is bored, even in these honors classes. If everything comes easily why work on it? Chances are he thinks the adults are idiots for going over this stuff when it is so obvious to him. How do I know? I was like that in some classes. Teachers drove me NUTS because they would go over and over and over stuff. I got it the first time usually - even if I wasn't fully paying attention. Wiz is like this. Even in 2nd grade he could be laying on his back on the floor spinning around and mumbling to himself and still repeat everything that was said and get the assignment right. </p><p></p><p>That is NOT an easy way to get through school. You get SOO BORED and there is no real motivation to try unless you want to please someone. Maybe with his chess coach he will have a reason to put in more effort. </p><p></p><p>I predict that college will be hard for him. Profs don't go over stuff as much and the quantity of material makes study skills important. He doesn't have any because he never needed any. Not his fault, not yours, just what is. Virtually NO schools really worry about kids like your son enough to put individualized lessons that would really challenge them. Schools figure that the smart kids will be bored but do okay anyway. Sadly the very smart bored kids are at a very high risk for drug abuse. they are bored, looking for something interesting. They are smarter than everyone so while drugs might hurt other people, they are smart enough to "handle" them and benefit from them. I know a lot of highly intelligent people who have made truly stupid decisions about drugs and had huge problems. Some of them are shadows of who they used to be because drugs truly do kill brain cells. They also make you boring. (Have you ever been clean and sober in a room full of people who are high on pot? They sit and stare and say "WOW" and other equally fascinating things. If they add hallucinogens it is even worse. Later recaps of the party are filled with all sorts of things that didn't really happen. things that were so "funny" and caused gales of laughter that only they saw/heard/felt. </p><p></p><p>I hope that someday our schools spend as much energy and money challenging the smart kids so they are NOT bored as is devoted to kids with other problems. Because it truly IS a problem and we fritter away so much potential with the way things are now.</p><p></p><p>So sign the waiver, pray the chess coach motivates him, and be ready for a couple of rough semesters in college. When he cannot figure out why he is having so many problems in college find a study skills course and have him take it. I took one through the education college at my university. It was all about HOW to learn. Mostly it was designed to help the football players (one of them in my class couldn't sound out words even, but he worked hard to learn how) get an easy A. Without it I am not sure I would have been able to get a degree, in spite of my academic scholarships.</p><p></p><p>I hope someday he finds his passion and devotes his considerable intelligence to being the best in whatever field that is.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 365532, member: 1233"] Even if he doesn't wake up and perform, he is CLEARLY learning. I say clearly because when he had to do stuff at the last minute and get good grades he was able to do so. in my opinion he is bored, even in these honors classes. If everything comes easily why work on it? Chances are he thinks the adults are idiots for going over this stuff when it is so obvious to him. How do I know? I was like that in some classes. Teachers drove me NUTS because they would go over and over and over stuff. I got it the first time usually - even if I wasn't fully paying attention. Wiz is like this. Even in 2nd grade he could be laying on his back on the floor spinning around and mumbling to himself and still repeat everything that was said and get the assignment right. That is NOT an easy way to get through school. You get SOO BORED and there is no real motivation to try unless you want to please someone. Maybe with his chess coach he will have a reason to put in more effort. I predict that college will be hard for him. Profs don't go over stuff as much and the quantity of material makes study skills important. He doesn't have any because he never needed any. Not his fault, not yours, just what is. Virtually NO schools really worry about kids like your son enough to put individualized lessons that would really challenge them. Schools figure that the smart kids will be bored but do okay anyway. Sadly the very smart bored kids are at a very high risk for drug abuse. they are bored, looking for something interesting. They are smarter than everyone so while drugs might hurt other people, they are smart enough to "handle" them and benefit from them. I know a lot of highly intelligent people who have made truly stupid decisions about drugs and had huge problems. Some of them are shadows of who they used to be because drugs truly do kill brain cells. They also make you boring. (Have you ever been clean and sober in a room full of people who are high on pot? They sit and stare and say "WOW" and other equally fascinating things. If they add hallucinogens it is even worse. Later recaps of the party are filled with all sorts of things that didn't really happen. things that were so "funny" and caused gales of laughter that only they saw/heard/felt. I hope that someday our schools spend as much energy and money challenging the smart kids so they are NOT bored as is devoted to kids with other problems. Because it truly IS a problem and we fritter away so much potential with the way things are now. So sign the waiver, pray the chess coach motivates him, and be ready for a couple of rough semesters in college. When he cannot figure out why he is having so many problems in college find a study skills course and have him take it. I took one through the education college at my university. It was all about HOW to learn. Mostly it was designed to help the football players (one of them in my class couldn't sound out words even, but he worked hard to learn how) get an easy A. Without it I am not sure I would have been able to get a degree, in spite of my academic scholarships. I hope someday he finds his passion and devotes his considerable intelligence to being the best in whatever field that is. [/QUOTE]
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