Originally Posted by HowlerKarma
Provide a floor-- and a stepladder, if you please. And then-- get rid of the ceiling.

Yes. This. My son just asked to order a Neil Degrasse Tyson book on black holes this morning. When asked to set his own AR goal for this term, he picked a FAR higher goal for himself than I would have chosen. (Gotta love his teacher for thinking of that). When given no ceiling, he astounds me EVERY SINGLE DAY. When given a worksheet? He does the worksheet. Sigh.