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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your daughter sounds like mine. I know what you’re talking about OP. She isn’t underachieving compared to a full class of peers per se. Many parents commended my daughters grades in high school. But I knew she was underachieving her potential. Her work ethic is about 50-70% of what mine was. She could really be at the top if she applied herself - in everything -school, sports teams ECs. But alas she relies on her smarts do to ‘well enough’ in her mind and that’s just how she is wired. She had similar stats slightly higher ACT and got 20-25k from LMU GW and Santa Clara. [/quote]

So for you parents who expect your kids to be extraordinary and 100 percent max out their potential, are you yourself extraordinary?  Have you maxed out your potential?  What have you achieved (and if you are so great why can’t you afford full pay?)[/quote]

I am not extraordinary. I came from an immigrant family, US cultural norms were completely foreign to my foreign born parents, and English was not my first language, I would say that I took advantage of every opportunity given to me, said yes to two assignments to live in Europe during my career, and now I’m at the top of my field. I would say that yes I have fully maxed my potential. My DC is far far more intelligent, has many more natural gifts, I wish I had her brain. She could apply herself more. This is different than Grinding It Out (as another PP asserted) - there is a difference between applying yourself and striving. But that isn’t who she is and it isn’t her path. She’s at a T25 school and this is fine. She received merit, in helpful response Op, but we didn’t need it, we are full pay.
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Mmm, sounds like you underachieved in parenting. You should have applied yourself harder to instill a stronger work ethic. [/quote]

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