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Originally Posted by Peete04 As a mom, I kept trying to tell him that it was more important to find out what he was really curious about. Curious enough that he'd want to set aside recreational things, just to follow that curiousity. I don't know if he's discovered that yet, but I hope he does. |
We had the same concerns for our son until his freshman year of college, when he took an amazing class (in the honors program at his large state university) taught by a graduate professor with a passion for his work. Our son spent the first weeks of that class bemoaning the heavy workload. He finally accepted that he was going to have to work very hard and begrudgingly pitched in. By mid-semester, he was going to the library to do "a little" extra research, beyond what had been assigned, and visiting the professor during office hours to ask more questions. Ultimately, the only thing he regretted about the class was that it ended.
I don't know whether our son will ultimately end up in a career related to that first course but I think he might. I do know he developed a passion for learning - as opposed to making good grades - that will make a difference for the rest of his life.