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I had removed the kitchen cabinet doors to repaint. After painting them, I
realized they really looked gross and decided a curtain would look better. The
doors were put in storage. Today, the doors were headed to the junk pile for
reuse. Thomas, age 11y, saw the doors and got all excited. He wanted those
doors. He took them to his room and was busy for about 30 minutes. He came
back out and said "Dad, I need just a little bit of help. The side of my table
won't stay up. I can't figure out how to stop the gravity." Hubby went to
check it out. Sure enough, Thomas assembled the doors at 2 different angles to
make a "fold-up" writing table. He explained the problem and showed Dad what
he was making. About 15 minutes later, after using the drill, the table was
complete. The original design of the table unchanged, however, with the use
of some screws or some little thingy, the sides stayed up. When its' not in
use, it can be stored flat under the bed or whereever. Hubby returned to the
living room, "He designed it all on his own, thought it out, just couldn't stop
gravity! Nice portable table."


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Tia Leschke

>I had removed the kitchen cabinet doors to repaint. After painting them, I
>realized they really looked gross and decided a curtain would look
>better. The
>doors were put in storage. Today, the doors were headed to the junk pile for
>reuse. Thomas, age 11y, saw the doors and got all excited. He wanted those
>doors. He took them to his room and was busy for about 30 minutes. He came
>back out and said "Dad, I need just a little bit of help. The side of my
>table
>won't stay up. I can't figure out how to stop the gravity." Hubby went to
>check it out. Sure enough, Thomas assembled the doors at 2 different
>angles to
>make a "fold-up" writing table. He explained the problem and showed Dad what
>he was making. About 15 minutes later, after using the drill, the table was
>complete. The original design of the table unchanged, however, with the use
>of some screws or some little thingy, the sides stayed up. When its' not in
>use, it can be stored flat under the bed or whereever. Hubby returned to the
>living room, "He designed it all on his own, thought it out, just couldn't
>stop
>gravity! Nice portable table."

Neat story. It reminds me of a conversation I had with my son's
girlfriend's mother yesterday. We were talking about how Lars sometimes
feels stupid because of what his schooled friends (including the
school-successful girlfriend) "know". She said they are constantly amazed
at how smart he is, how he can just look at things and figure out how to
fix them, etc. She understands completely that there are different kinds of
intelligence and that his kind just doesn't fit the school model.
Tia

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In a message dated 1/12/2004 12:04:16 PM Central Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:

> She understands completely that there are different kinds of
> intelligence and that his kind just doesn't fit the school model.
>

This intelligence is sure alot more exciting to learn with!!! Today, he's
exploring this large oversized book with massive pictures of bugs. He wants to
be able to identify the bugs I usually want to immediately destroy. I can see
it now, I will gladly listen to his "case" over the bug before it gets
destroyed.

Spc in Mo


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