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[quote=Anonymous]Actually, the struggling kid's issues were largely physical and social and what happened was that there were moments in which people (kids, parents, teachers) didn't accurately distinguish -- e.g. if he broke something, the assumption was it was deliberate rather than clumsy.  He got labelled as a behavior problem/class clown and dealt with primarily on a behavioral level. So he started playing the role into which he'd been typecast rather than the very different role he played in other contexts where he was among the older kids rather than the younger ones.  He's also a kid who is very smart and whose blurting out of subtle answers would typically lead to a demand that he raise his hand rather than engagement with his answer.

Ironically, if you engaged the kid intellectually, his behavior improved.  Sometimes it's a matter of what behaviors draw the most attention and what social niche you occupy in a particular ecosystem.

It's really wrong to assume that the older kids in the class are academically ahead of the younger kids.   Usually, it's the other way around.  And you're completely overlooking the fact that there's a wide range of abilities even among kids who are the same age.  [/quote]

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