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<blockquote data-quote="svengandhi" data-source="post: 404226" data-attributes="member: 3493"><p>Star -</p><p></p><p>You are great! I don't sit on the couch but I don't get rid of it because when you do sit on it, the first thing your eye is drawn to is the wedding portrait of me and H and I look HOT in those photos. I kNOW the thing was unhinged by seeing that set of pictures and so when I see it, it gives me a sad, secret smile. I had no clue what was going on then but that day was the beginning of the end as I started to figure it out and one clue was the look on thing's face when it looked at my wedding portrait. H sits on it and HE sees that picture and he knows.</p><p></p><p>As for math, I always did well till I skipped 5th grade and never learned a bunch of things. I am an intuitive math person. I either know it or I don't. Oldest boy is the same way. We did well up to algebra. Both of us can look at an equation and say "Oh, x must be (some number)" and solve it backwards with no clue as to how we got it. difficult child on the other hand, is a genuine math guru and he understands HOW the problems are solved from every angle. That's why he got a 76 on his math PSAT without studying. I stink at geometry, while H is quite good at it. Youngest boy understands the concepts far better than I do. My daughter has math dyscalculia but over the years, has studied hard and learned to compensate. She made it through college algebra in HS. </p><p></p><p>I agree that kids learn differently - having 5 kids, with 5 different hair colors and textures, 5 different eye colors and 5 different personalities, I learned the hard way that kids are different. Each of my kids has different strengths and weaknesses. All of them have excellent memories and vocabularies but beyond that... Oldest boy is a history buff and an avid reader, daughter is the highest in emotional and social intelligence and empathy, difficult child is brilliant intellectually and academically but a Mark Zuckerberg in his interactions with people, easy child 14 is dyslexic, very highly verbal and social, good with his hands, youngest boy is very serious, loves science... They all learn differently. </p><p></p><p>The problem I had was adjusting MY expectations. All I could think was that it would reflect badly on me if people thought my child was not smart and the truth should be that as long as my child's body and mind work properly, I should be happy. Adjusting my outlook and helping my son to see that his learning style is just as valid as mine was my take away from this.</p><p></p><p>Thanks...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="svengandhi, post: 404226, member: 3493"] Star - You are great! I don't sit on the couch but I don't get rid of it because when you do sit on it, the first thing your eye is drawn to is the wedding portrait of me and H and I look HOT in those photos. I kNOW the thing was unhinged by seeing that set of pictures and so when I see it, it gives me a sad, secret smile. I had no clue what was going on then but that day was the beginning of the end as I started to figure it out and one clue was the look on thing's face when it looked at my wedding portrait. H sits on it and HE sees that picture and he knows. As for math, I always did well till I skipped 5th grade and never learned a bunch of things. I am an intuitive math person. I either know it or I don't. Oldest boy is the same way. We did well up to algebra. Both of us can look at an equation and say "Oh, x must be (some number)" and solve it backwards with no clue as to how we got it. difficult child on the other hand, is a genuine math guru and he understands HOW the problems are solved from every angle. That's why he got a 76 on his math PSAT without studying. I stink at geometry, while H is quite good at it. Youngest boy understands the concepts far better than I do. My daughter has math dyscalculia but over the years, has studied hard and learned to compensate. She made it through college algebra in HS. I agree that kids learn differently - having 5 kids, with 5 different hair colors and textures, 5 different eye colors and 5 different personalities, I learned the hard way that kids are different. Each of my kids has different strengths and weaknesses. All of them have excellent memories and vocabularies but beyond that... Oldest boy is a history buff and an avid reader, daughter is the highest in emotional and social intelligence and empathy, difficult child is brilliant intellectually and academically but a Mark Zuckerberg in his interactions with people, easy child 14 is dyslexic, very highly verbal and social, good with his hands, youngest boy is very serious, loves science... They all learn differently. The problem I had was adjusting MY expectations. All I could think was that it would reflect badly on me if people thought my child was not smart and the truth should be that as long as my child's body and mind work properly, I should be happy. Adjusting my outlook and helping my son to see that his learning style is just as valid as mine was my take away from this. Thanks... [/QUOTE]
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