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<blockquote data-quote="Tanya M" data-source="post: 647283" data-attributes="member: 18516"><p>My son does have a high IQ. When he was in school he was bored. I worked with his teachers and he was given more "challenging" work. The problem was, he would do the work and do it well but would not turn it in. I have always been amazed at how my son can read a book and retain all the information but in my opinion, where he falls short is that he does not temper any of it with common sense. He truly believes that because he retains information so well that he is an authority on whatever the subject matter. Intelligence has never been the issue with him, common sense on the other hand and how to use his intelligence is the problem. One year my son made my husband a knife for his birthday. He read a book on how to forge the steel, how the knife should be weighted, how the handle should fit your hand, etc.... It is a really nice knife. We took it to a knife show to see what a professional thought of it, he was amazed that it was a "first" attempt, he told us our son could have a great career. When I told my son about this and gave him the mans business card his response was "I know I'm good, I know I can do it, I don't need to do anymore"</p><p></p><p>He is also a very talented artist. Most of his drawings are very dark but good, the detail is amazing. I encouraged him to go to art school, again it was met with the "I know I'm good, I don't need school to teach me anything" He learned how to do tattoos. Again, he was very good at it, he had a following of people who wanted him to do their "ink" He even found some guy willing to help him start his own business, this guy believed in him enough to front him 10K. He found a place to rent and opened up his shop. That only lasted about 3 months and he blamed the guy who fronted him the money with the failure claiming that he didn't give him enough money. He had convinced "manipulated" this guy into thinking that he knew how to manage a business and could take care of the bookkeeping. The money that was supposed to be used for paying the rent and utilities the first few months until the business was established, instead my son used the money to buy more expensive equipment and to also party on.</p><p></p><p>So now he's had this "epiphany" that he is an Indigo Child and he's going to "save the world"</p><p></p><p>I hope this new found enlightenment works for him and lasts longer than his other endeavors. Perhaps this will help him to stay off the booze, pot and other drugs, will keep him from stealing and ending up in jail.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tanya M, post: 647283, member: 18516"] My son does have a high IQ. When he was in school he was bored. I worked with his teachers and he was given more "challenging" work. The problem was, he would do the work and do it well but would not turn it in. I have always been amazed at how my son can read a book and retain all the information but in my opinion, where he falls short is that he does not temper any of it with common sense. He truly believes that because he retains information so well that he is an authority on whatever the subject matter. Intelligence has never been the issue with him, common sense on the other hand and how to use his intelligence is the problem. One year my son made my husband a knife for his birthday. He read a book on how to forge the steel, how the knife should be weighted, how the handle should fit your hand, etc.... It is a really nice knife. We took it to a knife show to see what a professional thought of it, he was amazed that it was a "first" attempt, he told us our son could have a great career. When I told my son about this and gave him the mans business card his response was "I know I'm good, I know I can do it, I don't need to do anymore" He is also a very talented artist. Most of his drawings are very dark but good, the detail is amazing. I encouraged him to go to art school, again it was met with the "I know I'm good, I don't need school to teach me anything" He learned how to do tattoos. Again, he was very good at it, he had a following of people who wanted him to do their "ink" He even found some guy willing to help him start his own business, this guy believed in him enough to front him 10K. He found a place to rent and opened up his shop. That only lasted about 3 months and he blamed the guy who fronted him the money with the failure claiming that he didn't give him enough money. He had convinced "manipulated" this guy into thinking that he knew how to manage a business and could take care of the bookkeeping. The money that was supposed to be used for paying the rent and utilities the first few months until the business was established, instead my son used the money to buy more expensive equipment and to also party on. So now he's had this "epiphany" that he is an Indigo Child and he's going to "save the world" I hope this new found enlightenment works for him and lasts longer than his other endeavors. Perhaps this will help him to stay off the booze, pot and other drugs, will keep him from stealing and ending up in jail. [/QUOTE]
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