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<blockquote data-quote="Stef" data-source="post: 257781" data-attributes="member: 6657"><p>I honestly believe a person's life will be affected more by attitude than pure IQ. My oldest (easy child) has a learning disorder due to premature birth (7 mo), and was in Special Education programs most of his school years. He did well in the programs because he didn't quit on himself. easy child has a very outgoing and likeable personality as well. easy child's even completed a year of mainstream college, and has held the same full time job for almost two years now. He's completed some rather intense training recently, and is up for a promo to a GL position. He does sales work as part of his job, and is the top seller at his location. It's all got to do with his personality. Not bad- he's 23 yo. He's quite the opposite of my difficult child in that way. difficult child doesn't get along too well with most, especially those who are talented. difficult child gives up way too early on himself- he refuses to apply himself. He crys foul all the time- you know, the teacher hates me, the other kids hate me, they're all stuck up, the teacher doesn't explain anything, blah, blah, blah. </p><p> </p><p>The point again is to say, it's all in the attitude of the person. Nobody wants a schmuck around- someone who complains, can't get along, can't take direction. That's difficult child and is what I'm contending with. I keep thinking he's still young, his hormones are peaking now, maybe he'll see the light and start acting in an acceptable manner. He's doing Community Service now and so far so good. It's at an American Legion Post and I think he's scared to death of the pissing off the guy's there. Vets don't take well to street punk wannabes. I can only hope for the best.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stef, post: 257781, member: 6657"] I honestly believe a person's life will be affected more by attitude than pure IQ. My oldest (easy child) has a learning disorder due to premature birth (7 mo), and was in Special Education programs most of his school years. He did well in the programs because he didn't quit on himself. easy child has a very outgoing and likeable personality as well. easy child's even completed a year of mainstream college, and has held the same full time job for almost two years now. He's completed some rather intense training recently, and is up for a promo to a GL position. He does sales work as part of his job, and is the top seller at his location. It's all got to do with his personality. Not bad- he's 23 yo. He's quite the opposite of my difficult child in that way. difficult child doesn't get along too well with most, especially those who are talented. difficult child gives up way too early on himself- he refuses to apply himself. He crys foul all the time- you know, the teacher hates me, the other kids hate me, they're all stuck up, the teacher doesn't explain anything, blah, blah, blah. The point again is to say, it's all in the attitude of the person. Nobody wants a schmuck around- someone who complains, can't get along, can't take direction. That's difficult child and is what I'm contending with. I keep thinking he's still young, his hormones are peaking now, maybe he'll see the light and start acting in an acceptable manner. He's doing Community Service now and so far so good. It's at an American Legion Post and I think he's scared to death of the pissing off the guy's there. Vets don't take well to street punk wannabes. I can only hope for the best. [/QUOTE]
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