The Boy from the Back Row

He barely studied and showed no interest in anything at school. In our diagnostics we saw strong potential in IT. A year and a half later, at an American STEM school, came the best report of his entire education.

Age
14
Route
Germany → USA
Service
Boarding Schools
Reading time
2 min

Where the family started

The parents came to us with a worry many families know. Their son sat in the back row, barely studied and showed no interest in anything at school. Teachers didn’t know what to do, and at home every conversation about grades ended in an argument.

What we saw

The diagnostics showed that he did care. He simply wasn’t interested in what he was being offered. When the conversation turned to technology, a different person sat in front of us: focused, quick, full of his own ideas.

We saw strong potential in IT and suggested an American school with a STEM programme.

“He has a rare, truly unusual way of thinking.”
— From the school report

Where he is now

A year and a half later the school sent a report — the best of his entire education. The same boy, only now he is in the right place.

Every child is talented.
This talent could easily have gone unnoticed.

Service in this story: Boarding Schools

Names and details changed

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