<p>Anotherdad:</p>
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<p>My S’s team lost to another team at a competition. My reaction was: “Good, you won’t have to go to the nationals.” 
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<p>If your S is good a math, would he want to go a summer math camp? Then he would not have to worry about his schoolmates’ reaction. My S, who is not competitive, loves going to math camp. In fact, over the last couple of days, he and chums from all over the country have been emailing one another about going back to the same camp they’ve attended for the last two summers.</p>