I think I read Grinity's post about having to undo underachievment and it concerned me a little, but that's exactly what we are trying to do. DS8 has never had to work hard for anything. We tell him practice makes perfect in piano, but he has no concept of that being true because he went from beginner to advanced in less than 3 months of lessons...and he never practices, he just memorizes! We are afraid that one day he will come up against a challenge and won't know what to do or how to work through it. What then? Does the learning stop if he won't even attempt it? Oh gosh, I'm projecting too far.
LOL - I've probably posted a 100 times about reversing underachievement. We had very few options, and skipped a bridge year, and moved from a public school to a 'product heavy' private school - so although the skip was good, and needed, I wouldn't expect everyone to have as bumpy ride as we did. But I kept telling myself, better now than later. And I believe it.
good luck
grinity
