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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As another poster said, you've likely had a hand in creating your brat. I'm guessing all his life he's been told how gifted he was, how special, etc. My mom did that to me and I was a complete bitch until my soph year in college when I matured.  Congrats OP[/quote]

I never ever told him the above things.
EVER

What is the benefit of being gifted if you don't accomplish things?  He wonders why I am not satisfied with average marks he gets. He actually tells me I shouldn't raise my expectations of him [b]because he is gifted[/b].[/quote]

He's not gifted. High IQ really means very little in the real world.
Gifted is as gifted does. That's why FCPS has an advanced academic program. IQ score alone won't get you in, nor should it.[/quote]

H[b]e is actually gifted according to the IQ testing.[/b][/quote]

deemed "gifted" by whom?  All I see here is a high IQ -- which isn't translating into academic performance[/quote]

Psychologist.
He was in a gifted program until this year.[/quote]

Im a 30-something year old woman.  I have an IQ of 151.  I was in the FFx Cty gifted and talented program in elementary/middle school.  I have a high IQ but that's it. I'm not gifted in anything other than laziness.  And being a quick reader.  Seriously, I skated through high school, skated through college, skated through grad school.  Didn't get into my top choice colleges because of said skating through high school.  I took an "easy" liberal arts major in college, a college that is not looked up on highly on this board.  My career is meh at best because Im not motivated.  With my IQ, I should be a doctor or cancer researcher or something, right?    But I am not. Because high IQ doesnt count for much at the end of the day.

I have a shit ton of student loan debt, because I took out a ton of loans for college/grad school/to subsidize my living while in college/grad school.  Now my family is paying, and will continue to pay for many more years.  My parents told me not to do it, not to go to private school, not to take out the loans.  I didn't listen because I am soooo smart.

I am a really shitty budgeter.  Luckily my husband is good with money.  Im so smart, I should be able to balance a checkbook and not have terrible credit, right?

I am also overweight. I'm smart enough to know i need to eat less food and exercise more, but I am lazy.

I have a good life and a great family, don't get me wrong.   Love my husband, love my kids, love our life.  But OP, trust me.  Your son needs to realize that success in life has NOTHING to do with his IQ.  If that was the case, I'd be way more successful than I am.[/quote]

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