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[quote=Anonymous]My son is very similar OP.  He's a smart kid and does well in school but isn't actually interested in anything.  I keep waiting for him to get super turned on by history or art or math...but nope.  He just does what he needs to and moves on.

We put him in a  top private school for high school (not for this reason but we thought it also might help ignite passions) but he's still his same self.  He's in classes of 10 kids with teachers that are super invested in him and the subject matter and he's still sort of "take it or leave it."  Again, he gets good grades--does all the reading (and there's a ton of it) but never really develops an interest in the material outside of class.

I'm sort of worried by this but then I remember that my brother was similar.  he was basically a bump on a log (albeit a high performing bump) until really his mid 20s.  Then he came into his own, developed interests, etc.  When I think of he boys at my son's school I'd say a small handful have strong, independent interests in things.  Many of his friends are also just going through the motions of what is expected: learn this math, read this book, etc. etc.

BadiclLy I sympathize and think it's fairly normal for boys, especially this generation of boys . [/quote]

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