Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I agree.
It's more of what you do with your gifts that we can be most proud of.
Last year my son won a 20" tall National Math throphy, which took little effort. I would say I was proud becuase it was his hard work in Math that helped him. But it's not such a big deal.
On the same day, he also recieved low key mention for taking the EXPLORE. He was the only child below 6th grade in the school. As a 3rd grader this took courage, a Saturday away from play and effort. I was very proud of this.
This was a great learning situation. It's more about what we get out of experiences on the inside, than others reccognition or prizes.
