" We expected our children to be perfect. " Most parents have thought so.
I was one of them. I expected our son, Joe would be perfect to sail 1 school. He was always a 2 kid, kind and gentle. But he wasn't perfect. From the first day Joe started school, he always had difficulty with 3 . He passed each grade with great 4 , but never at the top of his class.
How 5 friends who had children with the " Maths talent " . I would look at Joe and 6 : If he does not get better at maths, how is he ever going to 7 college? I was worried about it all the time.
Joe, 8 , had other ideas. During high school, Joe slowly 9 at maths. He got through all the required courses. I felt greatly 10 with his little achievement. Then he announced that he'd take pre-calculus(微积分) in his last year of high school, which 11 me a lot．
" Why? " I questioned.
" Because I need to keep my skills up, " he explained. " I 12 Math, but I need to take it so I won't forget how to do it. "
" For college, " he added. " I want to do really well in college, Mom. I know it will be 13 , but I think it's important that I try to do my best. " My son wasn't perfect. He wasn't a math talent, either. But he knew what was important: he was caring about his 14 while I was worrying over his past. And that, to me, is even better than being 15 .