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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To me, it’s worth having a talk to figure out what’s going on, but not necessarily time to freak out yet. I was almost EXACTLY this kid - got my first C in math at 3rd grade.  Also in gifted classes - though my school didn’t have any advanced math options in elementary school. I was bored and careless, and would rather read a book than do math. That’s really all it was.  Not great, but not that big of a deal either.

My dad sat me down and had a talk about how I could do better and that I should put some more effort in.  I knew that he was disappointed in me - and I didn’t want to have another talk like that - so I did step up my game a bit. (FWIW - I really stepped up my game in high school, when I knew that it counted.)  It all worked out, and I'm glad that my parents let me take care of it and didn't make it into a bigger deal than it was. Though I will also concede that if this became a pattern, then it would have been time for some additional oversight.

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I was easily the most advanced student in my elementary school class (I was given a math book and sent to the back of the room to work ahead on my own while everyone else had to pay attention to the teacher's lectures), but I was careless, and in early middle school I got a bunch of Bs (mostly math and science). After a year of having to measure up against the grading system something finally clicked for me at the end of sixth grade, and from then on I had straight-As through the end of high school, graduated as valedictorian, and went to Stanford. I think it takes some kids a while to figure out what's really expected of them. As an adult, it's very obvious to me that you have to fill out every problem and check your work, and that your grade is calculated from your homework, class participation, and test scores, and that you need to reach a certain percentage. But I don't recall having any real understanding of how my grades were calculated when I was in elementary school. [/quote]

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