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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 2838283" data-attributes="member: 19675">Consider this a message from a possible future.Speaking as someone who qualifies for MENSA and has 2 advanced degrees (Law &amp; MBA)...You did the right thing cancelling his pass.I was what your kid is right now: I was reading college-level stuff by 2nd grade, so I was unchallenged in school for most of my life.&nbsp; I asked to go to a private school and succeeded there...but it was so tough that I coasted through college.&nbsp; A typical class notebook was 1 page of contact info, 2 pages of real notes, a few pages of &quot;key words&quot;...and page after page of sketches.I still was on the honor roll every semester, qualified for one national honor society and missed out on another by 1/100th of a GPA point.&nbsp; But for 30 minutes of loss of concentration due to low blood sugar, I would have gotten a perfect score on my LSATS (all of my errors were in the last section of the test).Those same study habits were used in law school- only my IQ got me through...barely.Now, the second part of the question- should YOU go?Yes.&nbsp; Once again, I'd say its all part of his (in)actions having consequences.There were numerous times when I was excluded from family activities for a variety of reasons.&nbsp; &quot;Variety&quot; is the key word- I seldom made the same mistake twice because being excluded SUCKED!On occasion, there was a carrot along with the stick.&nbsp; Sometimes, I was given a special memento of the activity I missed.&nbsp; I may not have been able to see a certain musician in concert, but I still have the &quot;official concert tee.&quot;Imagining what could have been made missing out a second time far less likely, and that souvenir was a constant physical reminder of that missed opportunity.So...go to the Con, have fun, and bring him back Monte Cook. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 2838283, member: 19675"] [b]Consider this a message from a possible future.[/b] Speaking as someone who qualifies for MENSA and has 2 advanced degrees (Law & MBA)... You did the right thing cancelling his pass. I was what your kid is right now: I was reading college-level stuff by 2nd grade, so I was unchallenged in school for most of my life. I asked to go to a private school and succeeded there...but it was so tough that I coasted through college. A typical class notebook was 1 page of contact info, 2 pages of real notes, a few pages of "key words"...and page after page of sketches. I still was on the honor roll every semester, qualified for one national honor society and missed out on another by 1/100th of a GPA point. But for 30 minutes of loss of concentration due to low blood sugar, I would have gotten a perfect score on my LSATS (all of my errors were in the last section of the test). Those same study habits were used in law school- only my IQ got me through...barely. Now, the second part of the question- should [I]YOU[/I] go? Yes. Once again, I'd say its all part of [I]his[/I] (in)actions having consequences. There were numerous times when I was excluded from family activities for a variety of reasons. "Variety" is the key word- I seldom made the same mistake twice because being excluded [B]SUCKED![/B] On occasion, there was a carrot along with the stick. Sometimes, I was given a special memento of the activity I missed. I may not have been able to [I]see [/I]a certain musician in concert, but I still have the "official concert tee." Imagining [I]what could have been[/I] made missing out a second time far less likely, and that souvenir was a constant physical reminder of that missed opportunity. So...go to the Con, have fun, and bring him back Monte Cook. ;) [/QUOTE]

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