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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My oldest, despite being intelligent and extremely hard-working, has low processing speed, and needs to work 10 times more than his peers to achieve LESS.

He's now in college. He made his peace with it, over the years. You know what the silver lining has been? He's built incredible work ethic and a strong sense of self. He knows he cannot compare himself to others.
(His little sister is gifted, which makes any comparison even more difficult. So we don't do that.)[/quote]

Than you for this. This is totally what I want for DD -- just to make peace with where she is at, which is great. I personally think her approach to academics is a good one -- she puts in the work, including on things that are not her favorite, but then really digs in when she cares about the subject matter. I am hoping she learns that this is actually a pretty great approach to life generally! You don't need to be great at everything and there are diminishing returns to trying when you could just focus on  the stuff that actually matters to you.[/quote]

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