How much did you "push" your kids

rayna3
Fri, 25 Dec 2009 21:29:51 +0000

From a Student’s Perspective:

I think that instead of pushing your kids to study for SAT at a young age, incorporate the vocabulary into daily discussions (like at dinner or something). Not as “okay, this is the word, and this is the definition”, but use it in context.

My older brother, in short, is a genius. School (K-12) has always bored him. He’d never do his homework (called it all busy work), but would ace the test resulting in a C+ average. He loved to read however, and because he read a lot, he had advance vocabulary. He never studied for the SAT, and aced it.

Abridged:
Let your kid grow and learn on his own. Maybe leave around a SAT book on the kitchen table. If he picks it up at this age, great! If not, that’s okay too. Let him love learning because it’s learning, not just for a better test score.