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[quote=Anonymous]Two scenarios: My brother was very bright. NMS etc. But always got Bs and Cs because he wouldn't do the homework. Just took the tests. Got into a good school because you could still do that in the olden days with great SAT scores, joined the Peace Corps, came home, got his masters and is now...... a high school teacher! A terrific teacher and a noble human being. My son wasn't very self motivated until he started going to camps during the summer at colleges. Like 2 weeks for different subjects and disciplines he was interested in. Once he got a feel for what college is like - he was way more into school. Sometimes I think we as parents forget that kids don't intrinsically know what college is. That it is work but it is also a lot of fun! We told our son that we wanted him to work hard so that he could have options and choices of where he wanted to go. That seemed to make a difference for us. Our daughter is just a hard worker, always has been. Go figure. [/quote]
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