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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At the end of elementary school and a though out middle, our District does a bunch of academic awards. They don't rank kids, but you can discern that DD is the top student, and that her friend Larla is number 2, and there are the usual suspects of about dozen high performing kids from there. For some reason, I feel like other parents are often surprised that DD is that kid. Like, they do think of her as one of the dozen or so really 'smart' kids, but there's a feeling of "really? her?" that I'm picking up on. Maybe I'm being too sensitive, Idk.

Maybe it's because her friend Larla is much more bookish and quiet?
DD is not popular or unpopular but very confident socially. She's into her show choir friends and that group is on the nerdy side.
DD is mixed race. She is pretty and tall. (Don't know why that would matter, but sharing in case)
Her dad has not been in the picture since she was a toddler. Is it some kind of single mom stigma?
Maybe it's me? I'm social and funny, but not dumb! I went to a good college/grad school. I WFH.

Any thoughts?[/quote]

Nothing is happening.

It’s 4th or 5th grade, apparently no one knows your kid well from any EC or otherwise and she got one of several academic achievement awards.

Great.

So people who don’t know you or your kid said, wow great job, didn’t know anything about you.

So what. [/quote]

I find it hard to believe.  Most of the “smart” kids are identified bc they are in academically talented programs and then in middle school are taking algebra in 6th grade.  Talking about it with others doesn’t matter. The kids and parents know who are in those classes if their own kids are in them [/quote]

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