Worse, those unchallenged kids go on to face real challenges for the first time as an adult. They've been smart enough to coast; exams, finals, whatever crunch time stresses out other kids are "Sweet, just a test, no homework" time for them. Homework's just some busywork taking up their time. And if they skimp on that, test scores basically save them anyway, so ha.
Then they get a job as an adult that, while not that challenging, is high stress enough that they can't Smart through it. Tax season if they're accountants, deployment dates if they're programmers. Even just McDonalds and the lunch rush. Any real world job will have a learning curve or a deadline that can't just be vaulted over with excellence. If you've never actually had to exert effort until you're 20 or so, you're not gonna be able to cut it when you suddenly need to.
I experienced that exact scenario, but I disagree with that people won't be able to cut it. Smart people tend to have the ability to overcome when challenged, but I will agree that there are still long lasting effects. Although I'm very successful, I know I would have been even more successful if I had to work and learn those good habits when I was younger.
Worse, those unchallenged kids go on to face real challenges for the first time as an adult. They've been smart enough to coast; exams, finals, whatever crunch time stresses out other kids are "Sweet, just a test, no homework" time for them. Homework's just some busywork taking up their time. And if they skimp on that, test scores basically save them anyway, so ha.
Then they get a job as an adult that, while not that challenging, is high stress enough that they can't Smart through it. Tax season if they're accountants, deployment dates if they're programmers. Even just McDonalds and the lunch rush. Any real world job will have a learning curve or a deadline that can't just be vaulted over with excellence. If you've never actually had to exert effort until you're 20 or so, you're not gonna be able to cut it when you suddenly need to.
I experienced that exact scenario, but I disagree with that people won't be able to cut it. Smart people tend to have the ability to overcome when challenged, but I will agree that there are still long lasting effects. Although I'm very successful, I know I would have been even more successful if I had to work and learn those good habits when I was younger.