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Myria received an Academic Gold Medal today for earning a 4.0 GPA for the school year. She worked damn hard to get that 4.0. She's a smart kid but she's not "brilliant". She knows a great many kids who "get" things a lot faster than she does.
I told her she shouldn't worry about getting that in High School. All she has to do is her best and if that's not an A, so be it.
My cousin, D, teaches in the High School and he says that getting a 4.0 is wonderful and all, but that most kids who get it don't have to work for it. In the end, it's better to learn how to work, how to learn, so that when things get tough they have the skills and know-how to deal with it.
Myria knows how to work. She also knows how to worry and that tends to stress her way to much. Of course, learning to deal with stress is a good life skill, too. I just hope we figure out how to do that before she freaks out too much.
The best part: She pulled that 4.0 GPA while taking a High School level algebra class. That's a nice way to start out your H.S. transcript.
Yay! Myr!
I told her she shouldn't worry about getting that in High School. All she has to do is her best and if that's not an A, so be it.
My cousin, D, teaches in the High School and he says that getting a 4.0 is wonderful and all, but that most kids who get it don't have to work for it. In the end, it's better to learn how to work, how to learn, so that when things get tough they have the skills and know-how to deal with it.
Myria knows how to work. She also knows how to worry and that tends to stress her way to much. Of course, learning to deal with stress is a good life skill, too. I just hope we figure out how to do that before she freaks out too much.
The best part: She pulled that 4.0 GPA while taking a High School level algebra class. That's a nice way to start out your H.S. transcript.
Yay! Myr!
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Date: 2007-06-07 05:27 am (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2007-06-07 06:47 am (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2007-06-08 12:41 am (UTC)From:And, as a teacher of Very Brilliant Kids who Never Had To Work...WORD. Myr's skills are going to serve her VERY well.