Does a 6th or 7th grader with all A's warrant spoiling?

[Anonymous]

You’ll hear about the easy A’s until 11th grade and then oddly enough you’ll never hear about their ordinary kid’s SAT or ACT score. Funny that.

[Anonymous]

No it does not.

But this is not your kid. So MYOB.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Am I wrong or is this not a big deal anymore? BIL's wife told us she is spoiling my nephew - their oldest child - because he has kept all A's through 6th and now 7th grade. They both think this makes him a precocious genius. Our now college-aged children had all A's in middle school too but I don't recall things getting very rigorous for them until maybe 8th grade? We're close but probably not close enough to rain on her parade and reveal most of his classmates probably have all A's too.

“You must be really proud of him.” And then smile kindly.

To state the obvious: It’s never appropriate to rain on someone else’s parade. People who do that are as$holes.

[Anonymous]

“…in 6th grade he didn’t turn in 40-50 assignments, and still had A/Bs. In 7th grade, he didn’t turn in 70+ assignments, and still had A/Bs.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You’ll hear about the easy A’s until 11th grade and then oddly enough you’ll never hear about their ordinary kid’s SAT or ACT score. Funny that.

He’s super smart just not a good test taker.