Yoj
August 22nd 03, 08:46 PM
Congratulations to Nathan! He is obviously very bright. It can be hard
to get bright kids motivated. The fact that he's taking advanced
courses two years early might help, especially if he gets something that
really interests him. Maybe you could appeal to his ego by mentioning
the fact that his getting an "A" in an advanced class, when many older
students can't do that, would be a feather in his cap.
Good luck! Raising gifted kids isn't easy, but it can be very
rewarding.
--
Joy
Laughter is to life what shock absorbers are to automobiles. It won't
take the potholes out of the road, but it sure makes the ride smoother.
-- Barbara Johnson
"wafflyDIRTYcatLITTERhcsBOX" > wrote in
message ...
> It's black eye time. Due to the maternal bosums heaving with pride.
Nathan took
> GCSE astronomy two years early and he's passed (Grade C). Not the
highest pass,
> but not the worst, and not bad for someone taking it two years early.
Not bad
> either for someone who did very little work.... an hour a week in his
own time
> after school... and not much in the way of revision (sigh...).
>
> I'm letting him have a couple of days or so of basking in his
achievement and
> then will do the "I'm very proud of you and imagine what you can
achieve if you
> did more work/revision!" as I don't want him thinking that he can now
sail
> through the rest of his GCSEs/GNVQ by doing very little work!
>
> Cheers, helen s
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~
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to get bright kids motivated. The fact that he's taking advanced
courses two years early might help, especially if he gets something that
really interests him. Maybe you could appeal to his ego by mentioning
the fact that his getting an "A" in an advanced class, when many older
students can't do that, would be a feather in his cap.
Good luck! Raising gifted kids isn't easy, but it can be very
rewarding.
--
Joy
Laughter is to life what shock absorbers are to automobiles. It won't
take the potholes out of the road, but it sure makes the ride smoother.
-- Barbara Johnson
"wafflyDIRTYcatLITTERhcsBOX" > wrote in
message ...
> It's black eye time. Due to the maternal bosums heaving with pride.
Nathan took
> GCSE astronomy two years early and he's passed (Grade C). Not the
highest pass,
> but not the worst, and not bad for someone taking it two years early.
Not bad
> either for someone who did very little work.... an hour a week in his
own time
> after school... and not much in the way of revision (sigh...).
>
> I'm letting him have a couple of days or so of basking in his
achievement and
> then will do the "I'm very proud of you and imagine what you can
achieve if you
> did more work/revision!" as I don't want him thinking that he can now
sail
> through the rest of his GCSEs/GNVQ by doing very little work!
>
> Cheers, helen s
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~
> This is sent from a redundant email
> Mail sent to it is dumped
> My correct one can be gleaned from
> h*$el***$$n*$d$ot$**s**i$$m*$m$**on**$s$@*$$a**$*o l*$*.*$$c$om*$
> by getting rid of the overdependence on money and fame
> ~~~~~~~~~~