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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow!  I recognize myself in so many of these other posts!  I'm merely above average, but I really work hard and have a strong  competitive streak, whereas my husband is a genius and has zero competitive streak.  He's perfectly happy to just float along in life.

My 3rd grader seems to be taking after his dad.  He has an amazing knack for math, but doesn't care if he is considered the best even at that.  He is perfectly happy to be at grade level in other subjects.  When I was his age I was determined to be the very best I could be at school.  Does anyone know of a book or something that will help me light a fire under this kid-- maybe give him a bit of hunger?  [/quote]

Take him out of his comfort zone and see what happens. Give him a workbook with more advanced problems and see how he responds to the challenge.

It didn't occur to me to be competitive in academic things, it was just very natural to do them very, very well. It's what I expected of myself but I never put this success in terms of my peers. I have no idea how well my classmates did in school. I just really enjoy learning. Maybe your son isn't demonstrating a competitive spirit, but he may be prompted to reveal a hunger toward achieving competence in this area that he enjoys so much, math?

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