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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]True or not, sounds like he would benefit from learning about the importance of emotional intelligence to be successful in life! Academics alone mean little without being about to navigate social nuances with grace.[/quote]

This!  OP, tell him that in US people are judged on a different kind of intelligence with the highest ranking going to those that know whose behind to kiss when.[/quote]

This is so true.  I graduated from gifted school and regularly see the “average” kids with a high ‘social’ IQ as the most successful - including my brother who leads a global company.  Business skills are not academic and this kid is really on the wrong path for success.  To could just smile and nod, while you watch your ‘stupid’ kids get better jobs and live a better life.  I see immigrants here with the same mentality ‘get the accolades’, ‘be the best academically’, ‘study, study, study’ - then they wonder why their kid is a cog in a wheel rather than the leader.  Well, they don’t have the skills to lead.  I pulled my kid from TJ specifically because of this.  The kids were socially inept and despite them befriending each other they wouldn’t survive socially inept society where social/emotional IQ is king.[/quote]

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