This might be a good point to start a new thread on bullying and martial arts, since it has the potential to swamp the original topic.
Whenever I am tempted to make a prediction about a student making it in the real world, I remember our school psychologist who told my mom that my older sister would probably drop out of high school. My sister is not only a medical doctor, she's in charge of a radiology residency program.
And she did not make the cut for the gifted program in our middle school, btw
