Comments on: She’s Bored with School http://daddyforever.com/2007/10/03/shes-bored-with-school/ a geek dad blog with reviews and giveaways Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:50:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Sunrunner http://daddyforever.com/2007/10/03/shes-bored-with-school/comment-page-1/#comment-18372 Sunrunner Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:36:17 +0000 http://daddyforever.com/2007/10/03/shes-bored-with-school/#comment-18372 I hear you about the memory. Sometimes I hope my kids will develop some kind of memory, or to be realistic, I hope it becomes less selective! I hear you about the memory. Sometimes I hope my kids will develop some kind of memory, or to be realistic, I hope it becomes less selective!

]]> By: Mary http://daddyforever.com/2007/10/03/shes-bored-with-school/comment-page-1/#comment-18005 Mary Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:37:44 +0000 http://daddyforever.com/2007/10/03/shes-bored-with-school/#comment-18005 WOW, that's amazing that she reads so fast! I'm a fast reader, I hope that it rubs off on Anna. Love the picture :D WOW, that’s amazing that she reads so fast! I’m a fast reader, I hope that it rubs off on Anna. Love the picture :D

]]> By: Mama Luxe http://daddyforever.com/2007/10/03/shes-bored-with-school/comment-page-1/#comment-17874 Mama Luxe Fri, 05 Oct 2007 14:16:07 +0000 http://daddyforever.com/2007/10/03/shes-bored-with-school/#comment-17874 It isn't so much that she'll have to learn how to learn...she'll have to learn how to STUDY. Study skills are very hard to pick up later when you are used to everything coming so easy. I think you are sufficiently smart enough to try to boost the challenge level at school and at home to make her have to work a little more. Then she'll learn time management, organization, and task balancing techniques before she has a kid of her own (that's how I'm learning them). Everything came so easy for me until I got to college, too. I went to a less academically-oriented HS and went to a college with very competitive admissions. Which is not to say anyone at the college was competitive--just that 90% of the students were VERY, VERY smart and I found myself actually having to do some of the work instead of just faking it for the first time. It isn’t so much that she’ll have to learn how to learn…she’ll have to learn how to STUDY. Study skills are very hard to pick up later when you are used to everything coming so easy.

I think you are sufficiently smart enough to try to boost the challenge level at school and at home to make her have to work a little more. Then she’ll learn time management, organization, and task balancing techniques before she has a kid of her own (that’s how I’m learning them).

Everything came so easy for me until I got to college, too. I went to a less academically-oriented HS and went to a college with very competitive admissions. Which is not to say anyone at the college was competitive–just that 90% of the students were VERY, VERY smart and I found myself actually having to do some of the work instead of just faking it for the first time.

]]> By: Chris H http://daddyforever.com/2007/10/03/shes-bored-with-school/comment-page-1/#comment-17857 Chris H Fri, 05 Oct 2007 07:54:22 +0000 http://daddyforever.com/2007/10/03/shes-bored-with-school/#comment-17857 Haaaa ha ha..... only joking of course mate! Only the youngest "birth" child is still stoooopid...Mike, he's 17. Just so ya know, I have 6 kids (3 girls, 3 boys) aged 28 - 17, and 2 grandchildren we are raising as well (aged almost 6 and just 7). So when it comes to knowing a bit about kids... well I do! Haaaa ha ha….. only joking of course mate! Only the youngest “birth” child is still stoooopid…Mike, he’s 17. Just so ya know, I have 6 kids (3 girls, 3 boys) aged 28 – 17, and 2 grandchildren we are raising as well (aged almost 6 and just 7). So when it comes to knowing a bit about kids… well I do!

]]> By: Daddy Forever http://daddyforever.com/2007/10/03/shes-bored-with-school/comment-page-1/#comment-17854 Daddy Forever Fri, 05 Oct 2007 06:40:41 +0000 http://daddyforever.com/2007/10/03/shes-bored-with-school/#comment-17854 Hey! Yeah, you better run after that comment. Hopefully experience will help your kids become wiser in the common sense department. Hey! Yeah, you better run after that comment. Hopefully experience will help your kids become wiser in the common sense department.

]]> By: Chris H http://daddyforever.com/2007/10/03/shes-bored-with-school/comment-page-1/#comment-17849 Chris H Fri, 05 Oct 2007 02:25:04 +0000 http://daddyforever.com/2007/10/03/shes-bored-with-school/#comment-17849 Lucky girl, lucky Dad. We have two very very bright sons (17 and 20 now) who while being very academic are totally stooooopid when it comes to common sense...luckily this is a MALE AFFLICTION.... lol ! Your wee girl will be fine! She has the best of both worlds, brains and womanhood. *ducking for cover now* Lucky girl, lucky Dad. We have two very very bright sons (17 and 20 now) who while being very academic are totally stooooopid when it comes to common sense…luckily this is a MALE AFFLICTION…. lol ! Your wee girl will be fine! She has the best of both worlds, brains and womanhood. *ducking for cover now*

]]> By: Daddy Forever http://daddyforever.com/2007/10/03/shes-bored-with-school/comment-page-1/#comment-17832 Daddy Forever Thu, 04 Oct 2007 03:25:52 +0000 http://daddyforever.com/2007/10/03/shes-bored-with-school/#comment-17832 My daughter has good memory when it comes to school, but she can be real dingy when it comes to putting her homework in her backpack. My daughter has good memory when it comes to school, but she can be real dingy when it comes to putting her homework in her backpack.

]]> By: Daddy Forever http://daddyforever.com/2007/10/03/shes-bored-with-school/comment-page-1/#comment-17831 Daddy Forever Thu, 04 Oct 2007 03:23:23 +0000 http://daddyforever.com/2007/10/03/shes-bored-with-school/#comment-17831 You sound just like my wife. She couldn't find her glasses once and it was on her head. You sound just like my wife. She couldn’t find her glasses once and it was on her head.

]]> By: Daddy Forever http://daddyforever.com/2007/10/03/shes-bored-with-school/comment-page-1/#comment-17830 Daddy Forever Thu, 04 Oct 2007 03:22:33 +0000 http://daddyforever.com/2007/10/03/shes-bored-with-school/#comment-17830 I was in the gifted program, but I don't remember learning anything. So much for my good memory. I was in the gifted program, but I don’t remember learning anything. So much for my good memory.

]]> By: Daddy Forever http://daddyforever.com/2007/10/03/shes-bored-with-school/comment-page-1/#comment-17829 Daddy Forever Thu, 04 Oct 2007 03:17:24 +0000 http://daddyforever.com/2007/10/03/shes-bored-with-school/#comment-17829 I've been busy. You're right, if the Butthead ever finds my blog, I would be in a lot of trouble. I’ve been busy. You’re right, if the Butthead ever finds my blog, I would be in a lot of trouble.

]]> By: Daddy Forever http://daddyforever.com/2007/10/03/shes-bored-with-school/comment-page-1/#comment-17828 Daddy Forever Thu, 04 Oct 2007 03:15:35 +0000 http://daddyforever.com/2007/10/03/shes-bored-with-school/#comment-17828 I can't believe you picked the SAT for your experiment. I can’t believe you picked the SAT for your experiment.

]]> By: Daddy Forever http://daddyforever.com/2007/10/03/shes-bored-with-school/comment-page-1/#comment-17827 Daddy Forever Thu, 04 Oct 2007 03:14:16 +0000 http://daddyforever.com/2007/10/03/shes-bored-with-school/#comment-17827 My wife is looking into a gifted program at school. My wife is looking into a gifted program at school.

]]> By: Daddy Forever http://daddyforever.com/2007/10/03/shes-bored-with-school/comment-page-1/#comment-17826 Daddy Forever Thu, 04 Oct 2007 03:02:09 +0000 http://daddyforever.com/2007/10/03/shes-bored-with-school/#comment-17826 I wasn't so lucky in college. I stayed in a coop instead of a dorm. The coop was like a poor man's frat. Party, party, party. I wasn’t so lucky in college. I stayed in a coop instead of a dorm. The coop was like a poor man’s frat. Party, party, party.

]]> By: Daddy Forever http://daddyforever.com/2007/10/03/shes-bored-with-school/comment-page-1/#comment-17825 Daddy Forever Thu, 04 Oct 2007 02:59:18 +0000 http://daddyforever.com/2007/10/03/shes-bored-with-school/#comment-17825 Sadly, my kids do not have that skill. I tried teaching them, but they have failed me. Sadly, my kids do not have that skill. I tried teaching them, but they have failed me.

]]> By: New Diva on the Blog http://daddyforever.com/2007/10/03/shes-bored-with-school/comment-page-1/#comment-17819 New Diva on the Blog Wed, 03 Oct 2007 22:38:18 +0000 http://daddyforever.com/2007/10/03/shes-bored-with-school/#comment-17819 You have just described my son exactly. He gets his memory from me. He is still getting straight A's, but has learned the hard way (some late assignments) that it is not infallible. 4th grade has been quite a transition for us. You have just described my son exactly. He gets his memory from me. He is still getting straight A’s, but has learned the hard way (some late assignments) that it is not infallible. 4th grade has been quite a transition for us.

]]> By: kris http://daddyforever.com/2007/10/03/shes-bored-with-school/comment-page-1/#comment-17818 kris Wed, 03 Oct 2007 22:09:50 +0000 http://daddyforever.com/2007/10/03/shes-bored-with-school/#comment-17818 Man I can barely remember where I put my keys on a daily basis. That is an impressive little Princess. Love the brain protector, she wears it well! Man I can barely remember where I put my keys on a daily basis. That is an impressive little Princess. Love the brain protector, she wears it well!

]]> By: peepnroosmom http://daddyforever.com/2007/10/03/shes-bored-with-school/comment-page-1/#comment-17814 peepnroosmom Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:35:22 +0000 http://daddyforever.com/2007/10/03/shes-bored-with-school/#comment-17814 That's CHALLENGE. So much for not proof reading! :) That’s CHALLENGE. So much for not proof reading! :)

]]> By: peepnroosmom http://daddyforever.com/2007/10/03/shes-bored-with-school/comment-page-1/#comment-17813 peepnroosmom Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:34:21 +0000 http://daddyforever.com/2007/10/03/shes-bored-with-school/#comment-17813 What a smart girl. I think the gifted program would really benefit her. It gives her more of a cha;challenge so she won't feel so bored. Peep is that way. He has never had to study for a test in his life before. He memorizes everything. That is good and bad, like you said. Good for now while the work is relatively easy, bad for when he gets in high school or college when the work is hard. Good luck to your little smart Princess. What a smart girl. I think the gifted program would really benefit her. It gives her more of a cha;challenge so she won’t feel so bored.
Peep is that way. He has never had to study for a test in his life before. He memorizes everything. That is good and bad, like you said. Good for now while the work is relatively easy, bad for when he gets in high school or college when the work is hard.
Good luck to your little smart Princess.

]]> By: Jenny from Chicago http://daddyforever.com/2007/10/03/shes-bored-with-school/comment-page-1/#comment-17812 Jenny from Chicago Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:26:30 +0000 http://daddyforever.com/2007/10/03/shes-bored-with-school/#comment-17812 You're alive! I thought butthead had finally read your blog and got even. Welcome back, don't ever leave us hanging like that again. She's a genius...you can tell by the color coordination. You’re alive! I thought butthead had finally read your blog and got even. Welcome back, don’t ever leave us hanging like that again. She’s a genius…you can tell by the color coordination.

]]> By: Holly Schwendiman http://daddyforever.com/2007/10/03/shes-bored-with-school/comment-page-1/#comment-17811 Holly Schwendiman Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:23:54 +0000 http://daddyforever.com/2007/10/03/shes-bored-with-school/#comment-17811 I can relate so well to the memory thing and never having to work for an A. I purposely didn't cram or study before my SAT test just because I wanted to know what I REALLY knew! LOL I wish I could have passed that on to my daughter who struggles so much! Hugs, Holly I can relate so well to the memory thing and never having to work for an A. I purposely didn’t cram or study before my SAT test just because I wanted to know what I REALLY knew! LOL I wish I could have passed that on to my daughter who struggles so much!

Hugs,
Holly

]]> By: Desert Songbird http://daddyforever.com/2007/10/03/shes-bored-with-school/comment-page-1/#comment-17808 Desert Songbird Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:09:20 +0000 http://daddyforever.com/2007/10/03/shes-bored-with-school/#comment-17808 Oy vey - the age old problem of what to do with a bright kid. One hopes that she will learn good study habits because at some point in time, good memorization, as you pointed out, will not serve her as well as it does now in the early years. My suggestion would be supplement her public education with some true learning experiences. If there is a gifted program available at your school, be sure to have her tested for it. If not, then look into something like Kumon to see if they can help this bright one stay bright and not burn out. Oy vey – the age old problem of what to do with a bright kid.

One hopes that she will learn good study habits because at some point in time, good memorization, as you pointed out, will not serve her as well as it does now in the early years.

My suggestion would be supplement her public education with some true learning experiences. If there is a gifted program available at your school, be sure to have her tested for it. If not, then look into something like Kumon to see if they can help this bright one stay bright and not burn out.

]]> By: Leslie http://daddyforever.com/2007/10/03/shes-bored-with-school/comment-page-1/#comment-17805 Leslie Wed, 03 Oct 2007 13:48:46 +0000 http://daddyforever.com/2007/10/03/shes-bored-with-school/#comment-17805 I had the same problem when I went to college. I could cram the night before in high school and get A's. Luckily, I had a roommate that was brilliant and helped me learn to learn, like you said. Your daughter is smart. Chances are, when she hits a point where it doesn't come easy, she'll have grown so accustomed to success, she'll work her butt off to achieve it. I had the same problem when I went to college. I could cram the night before in high school and get A’s. Luckily, I had a roommate that was brilliant and helped me learn to learn, like you said.

Your daughter is smart. Chances are, when she hits a point where it doesn’t come easy, she’ll have grown so accustomed to success, she’ll work her butt off to achieve it.

]]> By: Mark http://daddyforever.com/2007/10/03/shes-bored-with-school/comment-page-1/#comment-17803 Mark Wed, 03 Oct 2007 11:57:26 +0000 http://daddyforever.com/2007/10/03/shes-bored-with-school/#comment-17803 Well, my kid can do arm farts while pretending to shoot you. Well, my kid can do arm farts while pretending to shoot you.

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