It wouldn’t be a problem for a kid with such eloquence to write any paper.
Why is it so hard to believe? It’s a recurring theme in the comics and something all too real for a ton of students.
Calvin is eloquent, intelligent, and wildly imaginative, but struggles with things like deadlines and homework.
It’s a recurring theme
And one of the most delightful. Who hasn’t been told at some point, “if you put half as much effort into [task] as you did into [avoidance strategy] you’d have been fine”?
Finally internalizing how much nicer it is put in a little bit of effort in advance rather than stressful scrambling after procrastinating was literally life changing. I don’t think I even realized how much subconscious stress I was under during the procrastination. But my kids are just like “shut up dad”
because homeword is boring. give him something which he enjoys doing and see the magic :D
There is a balance though. I’m about to get deeper into c&h than I’d have thought, but here I go. He always seemed to have reasonable adults around him, I recall options, and him just being mischievous often. You can support what kids love but you still need to teach them the time management and organizational skills. They are important to develop as well.