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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was never picked on for being smart. I was picked on for being a know-it-all. That's generally what I see -- make sure your kid knows the difference between being smart and humble (humility is knowing what you're good at but using it for the good of others, thinking of others more than you think of yourself) and being smart and smug. [/quote]

That is the difference.

However OP, even if your kid is not a know it all, he still might start to get embarrassed or sensitive about being smarter, especially if he is in a low performing cohort.

That happened to my kid in second-third grade in another state.

He was the only kid in the class receiving extra enrichment, separate assignments, etc and he tried to hide it from his classmates who did not like schoolwork and did not understand why anyone would want to do more math or reading, lol.

In this area however, smart kids are a dime a dozen in most elementary schools, so unless your kid is the kid who lets everyone know he knows everything already, it is unlikely he will be picked on for being smart.[/quote]

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