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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Have you ever met someone who doesn’t think they’re smart?  I never have.  [/quote]

My mother.  My brother and I were academically advanced at a young age which was very different from her experience.  She thinks she is not smart enough to understand what we do in our careers, which is ridiculous because she absolutely is.  But that is her self-image and it is difficult for me as her daughter to convince her otherwise.

We emphasize curiosity, critical thinking, and self-improvement with our kids as well as effort over outcome.   We do this for academics, arts, athletics and any of their other interests.
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A relative says she thought she was dumb, and her parents felt so, too. Hence she went to a vocational school, instead of college. My relative says it wasn't until she started dating her future husband, a student at a reasonably selective university, that she realized that she'd thought she was dumb because she -- and her parents-- thought of her older brother as the normal one, whereas he was actually a highly gifted intellectual powerhouse.

OTOH, I have a friend who is not very bright, but bright enough to realize his limitations. Nice guy, just not the sharpest tool in the shed. IQ somewhere around 90, at a guess, so not that much below average. Probably some sort of learning disability of the "FLK" variety. He does tend to hang out with a brighter crowd that shares a particular niche interest, so he probably found the contrast more glaring.[/quote]

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