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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I personally have seen a kid in my extended family who was the reverse of your question. I know you didn’t ask about early bloomer but I still wanted to mention it. This kid was brilliant throughout elementary, MS and HS. Identified as gifted by school. Top performer in various extra-curricular activities. NMF. Won a international medal. Reached state level in a sport. Fast forward to now-dropped out of engineering program after struggling for 5 years and now has 2 more years left to complete a non-engineering degree. This has been a big lesson for me as a parent.[/quote]

[b]I think the "big lesson" from cases like these is that kids need to be pushed.[/b] Kids like these lack grit and can't finish an engineering degree within 5 (!) years because they don't know how to push through when things got tough.

This is a case where sending a kid to TJ would've been great for them. [/quote]

This kid was pushed. He was in gifted programs, athletic competitions, international competitions. He was pushed and pushed and pushed. [/quote]

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