27 answers  Son Underachieving and Driving Me Crazy  My son is
finishing up 8th grade. Last night he came home from a marching
band practice at the high school, an honor he fell in to with
another boy whose older brother made it happen. We were tight on
a soccer game schedule, but when he walked in the door, he said
he had an awards ceremony to go to for keeping a 3.5 average in
Spanish. (Very typical to get information like this at the last
minute or a minute too late) I went with him and watched a lot
of kids get academic honors. I feel horrible, because rather
than be proud of the accomplishment in Spanish, I was
disappointed that he hadn't done more. And I didn't hide it. He
has an IQ of 136 and can ace a class with minimal effort, but
chooses not to. He calculates how much he can not do and still
get a B. Spanish is "easy" because its all memorization. It
spills into everywhere. He doesn't get up in the morning. has to
be told over and over to do the few chores we ask of him.
Literally refuses to do scho