I frequently find myself disappointed in my kids' lack of motivation. I mean, they don't seem to want to learn anything; they don't put enough effort into anything in order to excel; in short, they appear to be happy with being average, and it drives me crazy because they seem to choose the worst case, and define that as average, or even worse, "everybody" or "nobody." I can't count the times that I've heard, "No fifth grader can do that!" Or, "I'm only ten, you know!" Well, I think you get the point.
I thought all that was beginning to change, though, when Tony came home from school and said something about wanting to learn more about science, especially "chemicals and stuff." Unfortunately, he went on to explain why he was so interested: "Because almost all the superheroes got their superpowers as a result of some sort of chemical reaction. I'm particularly intrigued by the fact that Spiderman was formed because of a spider getting hit by radiation and some chemicals."
I'm very proud.
