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Someone posted a link to an article a few months back about what kids don't learn when they aren't challenged - things like persistence, study habits ,etc. (It think it was a 2 page .pdf)

My search of the forum didn't turn it up.

Can anyone provide the link again?

Thanks!

http://www.wku.edu/academy/?p=430

Thanks, inky!

I was able to find the .pdf too, if anyone is interested:
http://www.portage.k12.in.us/160720...597/pdfs/April/Whatachilddoesntlearn.pdf

Here's the original post:

Oops -- I see that someone already beat me to posting the PDF....

Have a great day!

Inky,

Where do you find all this stuff? Thanks once more......

You're welcome and thanks to Mama22Gs for the original post plus Dandy for posting it again a few weeks ago! It's a great article.

Ok.... So now that i've read the article, what do I do? It didn't tell me anything I didn't already know, but it didn't tell me how to fix it.

I'm beginning to feel like in order to "challenge" my son, I need to drop a Trig book in front of him and walk away. Somehow I don't think that would work either.

I am off to read the article but wanted to add: I certainly wasn't challenged in school and had a hell of a time come college. I didn't know how to study so I had a hard time my first year. In fact I didn't do great until I got to some really challenging (but interesting) courses my senior year!!

I liked the article because it crystallized a series of thoughts & concerns that have been rattling around in my brain for quite awhile.

I agree -- it held no specific answers. But it has so far been one of the more useful articles for sharing with teachers. It doesn't hit them over the head with "GIFTED!!" like A Nation Deceived & others, yet still stresses the importance of challenging our kids.

Once they acknowledged and agreed with the premise of this article, we were able to explore the particular lack of challenge for our son.