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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Writing IDK does sound a little concerning, but you might be overlooking the possibility he is sick and phusically run down. My kids always performed a littke worse in the cold and flu season. [/quote]

For some kids who have always had things come easily, it's disconcerting to suddenly have to stop and think about something.  They aren't used to that, so a quick "yeah, IDK" is a reflex response.  This is a good time to learn that anything worth doing takes time and effort.  A lot of quick-study kids hit that experience in about 3rd grade when they get to stuff like long division or multiple digit multiplication which you can't really do in your head -- even more of them hit that wall when they get to stuff like algebra, or foreign languages (where you might have to actually drill on vocab, or study grammar), or things that require some memorization rather than just intuition (like learning the periodic table).  Is there a way you can talk more about things that you had to work through, but then you got?  Are there other things that he has to really work through -- like a hard lego project?  [/quote]

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