We've never met somebody that was so good in something they don't like. What happens to kids like this?
I am not like this, but my DH is. He is excellent at math but not interested in it. He does have an advanced degree in science, and it was always a help to him to be good at math, but the passion never developed. It was a simply helpful to his other goals. He also has forgotten much of the advanced math he learned, because he doesn't really care about it.
He is an example of someone who "could" do a lot of things in terms of sheer ability--but it really wouldn't have been a good idea to try to get him to. What I mean is that I think he would appear competent but be sort of incompetent at the same time due to lack of passion.
