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by john_the_writer 531 days ago
Take a 12 year old out of school? That's grade 5. They're learning to write paragraphs and their times tables. Not many business leaders can't write a paragraph or do 7*5 in their head.

Better advice would be to get them into something at school, that allows them to hyper focus. Something that draws them in. Science or programming, or even art.