My child is not academically gifted, they don’t test well. How do I support my child? Our school is filled with Indian/Asian kids who are all performing at higher level. My child is not lagging behind, but is not in the gifted kids category which means they cannot choose higher level math or other courses offered in middle and high schools. Can they survive being average in America? This definitely is pulling them down and adding to mental stress for all of us. As a parent, how can I help my child?
Go to Bali
Yeah they can survive. Just make sure they complete a degree and get employed immediately.
Normal kids can go just fine. Tell them to go to business school. They'll be geniuses there.
Also OP, statistically speaking, most people are average. Nothing wrong with your kid being average. Not everyone can be top of the class or best in sports etc.
There is nothing wrong with your child. Being average at school is not a big concern. Kids who are overachievers in school often lag behind in real life. Just be generally supportive to your kid
I really hope this is true! I keeping saying life is a marathon, not a sprint.
Lol Amazon coping much?
You could have faith they will find their way in life. Your judgement of them is pretty horrible. Average people have fine lives. Support the kid in what they like doing. Also what makes you the judge of their intelligence? Maybe your kid is the next "Freddie Mercury" or "Jackson Pollock" and you cannot see it because you have terrible taste in art.
I never said my child wasn’t intelligent. If you check my first sentence, I said they don’t do well in tests. Their passion is music and we are definitely encouraging them in that journey
If my words injured your feelings crypto think about this your child would feel if they knew you called them average in a pejorative way. If I showed them your post. If your parents posted this about you.
That's totally fine being an average student. As a parent, I would identify their strong and weak points and try to help in their weakness and provide external tutoring support if needed
Average people can find work. They may not get rsu or whatever but they can find work
More to life than stem. Love them for who they are. Support their interests. Never shoehorn.
Law, sales both require no math
Thank you!
Move
Move where? Another city? Another state? Pretty sure every place we (my spouse and I) can find jobs are places filled with the same demographic.
Yes another state, I'm sure not everywhere you can find jobs is like this.