> Meanwhile a large fraction of adults are failing to do what you’re expecting a 12 year old to get right. Is it not because they failed to learn it in there t

> Meanwhile a large fraction of adults are failing to do what you’re expecting a 12 year old to get right. Is it not because they failed to learn it in there teenage years? My mother is a teacher and she noticed that kids that regularly do some kind of competitive sports tend to be much more hardworking in school, and it does extend to their university studies as well. Meanwhile "former gifted children" often experience the first year of university as a giant slap on the face, because they never learnt how to study, how to work hard for something, and being smart is often not enough at this level. Many can't even stand up from that hit. So this is absolutely a huge disservice to not teach children some sort of self-discipline, motivation is never enough, there will always be days when you don't have enough of the latter, and only the former could push you forward then.