It occurred to me this morning that perhaps I was suffering a bit from the same dynamic that we have been discussing in another thread re: work being too easy or too hard and that too hard sometimes had the child feeling like maybe they are not as smart as they thought.
In beginning EPGY a few weeks ago my DS8 has come upon some math he had never seen before. And even though he still scored in the 90's and understood the work within a minute or two of an explanation he still felt it was hard and maybe he should stop asking for harder math.
This morning as I contemplated the other thread and this experience with my son I realized that at that moment I too wondered about how accurate the test results were etc. I wondered if I was making a big issue of a child who was maybe only a bit above ND and didn't need all the educational changes I am trying to make. I also realized that I felt the same way as I got older. When I finally hit upon really challenging work in college I questioned my abilities - and here I am questioning his.
I wanted to run out and find some ND kids and try and teach them the same math to see what that difference looked like. I also felt guilty for thinking about this and for minimizing DS's potential.
Anyone else have this experience as you finally got some accomodations made and saw your child not "instantly" know the material?
