[Jewelry making - Article 00020] - Re: [Orchid] The Treasure's Trove

[Noel]

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>     I have since developed a personal crusade to try to 'talk them out
>     of it' when a friend relative or even a STRANGER, is contemplating
>     having their child skip a grade. 

    I held back on this subject, partly because it isn't about
    metalsmithing, but I can't keep my "mouth shut" another moment. 

    I'm sorry, of course, to hear about anyone suffering from not
    fitting in, and intelligence is certainly no guarantee of happiness.
    But it's no handicap, either! The super-intelligent child who
    suffers through life is not necessarily suffering solely because of
    intelligence-- and plenty of "super-intelligent" people contribute
    more than their fair share to progress in this world! It may be a
    mistake to move a kid forward two grades without the needed support
    in non-academic areas, but it is surely a mistake to make an
    advanced student miserable in boring, unchallenging classes because
    they may not fit in socially. (This was me-- I was not allowed to
    advance to where I belonged academically because I was tiny and
    looked immature. My mother wisely-- and at great personal
    sacrifice-- sent me to private school. I didn't fit in there
    socially, but it got me into the University of Chicago, where I fit
    in at last.) 

    There is no one-size-fits-all answer. 

--Noel

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