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">>> I hope his father continues to foster a life long love of learning and does not get get hung up on the whole 'prodigy' narrative. " I totally agree, I had
by computerjunkie 12y ago
">>> I hope his father continues to foster a life long love of learning and does not get get hung up on the whole 'prodigy' narrative. "
I totally agree, I had a mate who was brilliant in mathematics, skipped two grades in secondary school and was in my class. Although he was great in school, he struggled when it came to being social with people 2/3 years older than him.He was unhappy and always struggled to maintain friendships.
- hibikir 12y agoKeeping the kid in the same grade doesn't really solve sociability though. It certainly didn't do it for me: School wise, I could have been a couple of grades ahead pretty easily, but my parents decided to keep me where I was. So I got to be very bored in class, along with having to socialize with kids that, while at the same age emotionally, had very little else in common with me. Things only normalized in college. I now face the same problem with my son, who seems to fit better with kids that are a couple of years older than him. It seems like a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation. Talking about prodigy and being special sure does not help, but regardless of what the language used to frame the situation, a kid still has to go to a class sand socialize somewhere.
- GFischer 12y agoI understand, in my case, I was very ahead school-wise, but in other terms, social development and "emotional intelligence-wise", I was a bit retarded (behind others in my grade even).
- prostoalex 12y agoHigh school is such a serious thing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WlvPclQnmQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WlvPclQnmQ