As parents I think we are always trying to predict what our kids will end up doing with their lives, how they will make decisions and, of course, how they will do in school (and eventually their profession). At 7 years old and only in 2nd grade I cannot tell which direction Terence, our oldest child, will go with school. He is right now completely on the fence and can either turn out to be an excellent student or a student who barely passes through school. Of course I hope he (as well as our 2 daughters) will excel but let's face it: school is not for everyone. The best sign so far that we have that he will do okay is that he loves to go through his school work with us, with family, with just about anyone. He loves to explain the exercises in his work books and how he did with each of them.
He insisted that we bring ALL his books back to the US so he can share them with Nana and Papa (Curt's parents) but we could only manage to fit about half of them into our suitcase without going completely over the airline's weight limit. Here he is with them in Kansas going through some of his books.
Sometimes he doesn't even notice if who ever he is with is not paying much attention as he is always fully engrossed and examining each page carefully.
