“We expected our first child to be perfect.” Most parents have thought so.I know that' s what I
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with our oldest son, Joe.He would be perfect.Joe would sail through
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from learning ABC' s to being awarded a Ph.D..
Joe,
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, had other ideas.
He was always a
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kid.He wasn't the kind of boy who threw
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at passing cars on a freezing winter day or who dropped water balloons on the mailman during the heat of August.
But he wasn't perfect.Especially when it came to that nice little
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that I had about sailing through school.From the day Joe started kindergarten heeach grade with great
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, never at the top of his class.
How I
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friends who had children with the "math gene".A mom told me her daughter was doing high school algebra while in the sixth grade.Another mom said her son had just taken first place in the district' s annual Math Challenge.After hearing these stories, I would look at Joe and
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: Why didn't we raise a mathematical talent? How is he ever going to get into
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if he does not get better at math? Needless to say, my motherly
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