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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was never challenged in school until high school. I was a lazy student because I never had to study and when I did homework I did it quickly in class. As a result I never developed good study skills and to this day I am a procrastinator. I just signed up my almost 5 year old for Kumon because I want him to develop study skills/ work ethic. He already can read and I don't care what level of math he is in right now.  I am doing it so he gets used to working independently for 10 to 15 min. a day at his level.[/quote]

This was me.  I was the smartest kid in elementary and middle school but it came so easily that I never learned to sit my ass in a chair and work hard at something.  This made for a very rude awakening in high school and despite my high SAT scores I got into only an OK college.  I got it together and transferred, but it would have been easier to learn those lessons earlier.  I can already tell that my 2-year-old is quite a bit smarter than average, although I wouldn't say he is profoundly gifted.  (I don't think I was either, but I was always in all the GT programs.)  Instead of making a big deal of things that come easily to him, I try as hard as I can to praise his effort, not his result.  When I see him struggling with something I try as hard as I can not to swoop in and help or do it for him.    [/quote]

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