Hi all, I just want to share some exciting news. We just got back from CTY Award Ceremony in our area. Our DS received High Honors for both Verbal and Quantitative as well as Top in Country Award for Quantitative!
We knew he scored 100% (50/50, >99%tile) on his math, but we did not expect or know about this award, so it was a wonderful surprise.
It was really nice to see him really enjoying more individual attention for his achievement. (There was only one other kid from his grade level in the ceremony.)
Anyway, thank you for listening!
Fabulous! Thanks for sharing the good news. Sounds like you've been successful at developing his talent. Any words of wisdom to share about that?
Wonderful! Congratulations to him!
Yay! Congratulations to your DS, Botchan
Thank you everyone!
Oh, I wish I could get some credit for his achievement, but... Honestly, he is just self-driven when it comes to math. Math is not a school subject for him. It's his passion in life. He sees math/numbesr as beautiful language (He also thinks symbolic logic is fascinating.) and he's got this innate urge to know and experience it.
I'm just making sure that his burning passion for math will keep burning. We don't do repetitious math worksheets, but we often discuss a variety of interesting math subjects.
He just got into DYS, so hopefully, they can provide me with more info in the talent development.
very cool! Congrats to him!
That is wonderful, congratulations!
very impressive, congrats!
That's great; congratulations!
and more congratulations to your ds!
WOW! Quite the accomplishment! Good for him! How old is your DS?
Again, Thank you so much for your kind words everyone!
bh14, my DS is 8, but he'll be 9 within a month. This is going to be a very exciting month for him. In a few days, he will be competing in the School District Spelling Bee. He became one of 2 finalists in the 4-6 grade competition in his school. Now he and the other kid(6th grader) are representing their school in the entire school district's contest.
Oh, sorry! I should have posted this on "the ultimate brag thread"......Thanks for letting me brag anyway.
Congratulations! What an awesome result.
Good luck with the Spelling Bee.
Congratulations to the both of you.
That is very cool! Make sure you let him keep that flame lit! Good for him! Make sure you give him a BIG <<<<<SQUEEZE>>>>> too
What a great achievement!