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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How much does it matter to be 'challenged' at school as a kid?
I feel like I was never really challenged until grad school, and it was fine for me. I had more time to do other things, reading other books I liked, going places with my parents w/o stressing about homework, etc.[/quote]

I wasn't challenged and became incredibly lazy. That, and I was disruptive because I was bored. I never had to really study for anything. I didn't really have to pay attention in class either. At most, I would skim through the material and still get an A or B. The rare times I actually bombed, my teachers made excuses for me, because they knew I was "smart." It's only when I got to my magnet high school that I was forced to actually study in order to pass. By then it was too late. I was a C student at best. All those years of not having to study made me focus more on trying to figure out why I couldn't find the rhythm or pattern in the teacher's testing style versus actually studying the material. Perhaps if I'd had involved parents then someone could've slapped me upside the head or held me accountable. Once I got into college, it was solely on me. I dropped out and got a job. I take the blame, but I do wonder what could've been if I'd just developed a love of learning versus being bored to death[/quote]

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