<br>
<br>
<p>Funny, as I wrote what I did earlier about the expectations without even having seen what you wrote later on this same topic! Anyway, I again agree that it’s “off” to <em>expect</em> big things from early to college students; while they have a higher than average (by far) rate of eminence, it’s not over 50% and so nobody should <em>expect</em> big things from any one person in the early to college group (heck, Terman studied a pretty large number of high IQ kids given special accommodations and not a one turned out to become eminent, though again, these were not early to college people but high IQ people, who also often have unjust expectations placed upon them).</p>
<p>If a boy shoots up to 6’3 by age 11 (as one of our son’s friends did), does this mean everyone should expect the child to be an NBA star as an adult? It’s an equally crazy premise (and that kid is a physicist today, not an NBA player).</p>