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Opie~</p>
<p>I must not have expressed what I was trying to say very well, and for that, I apologize. I was not trying to emphasize that I use peers as a measuring stick…not at all. What I was trying to say was that there will always be kids who are able to complete work with less effort than a teacher deems “suitable,” and that that does not, IMHO, make a kid “lazy” or lacking in effort, a charge that the debate coach brought against dufus’s son, despite the kid’s notable achievements in debate. Simply because one is able to complete work more quickly and easily and with less effort does not mean he has an “attitude” problem or will have “disastrous” results in adulthood or even when he enters a more rigorous environment. That was the point I was making.</p>
<p>~berurah</p>