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[quote=Anonymous]I knew someone like this, but his mother fed into it, and he is now waiting tables at a bar/restaurant.

He is a certified genius, but never mastered any social skills, any ability to work hard once he got older and the work got a little  harder, etc.

He received a full scholarship for college, but lost the scholarship because he couldn't handle the work in a functional way..not because he wasn't smart enough.  I feel really bad for him because I like him a lot, but his parents didn't help him deal with his genius.

I really enjoyed being around him, wished I could have intervened and helped him, and feel horrible that he isn't fulfilling what he would like to do with his life because the emotional aspect has prevented him using his amazing  brain.    He is a musical genius and I tried to get his mother to see this and steer him in this direction, but she insisted he was too smart for that and wanted him in a STEM career.  We can see how that turned out.   The musical world is where he would be happiest and most fulfilled, and he as admitted this to me.

Long story short-rein it in and make social/emotional skills the most important thing.  Intelligence is secondary[/quote]

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