Article October 18, 1975 Issue

No Underachievers!

JOAN ROBERTS KLIMA

Breakfast was over, and Ted had gone to school. His father, disturbed by his son's report card, asked, "How can we help Ted to do better?"

His mother answered, "I've called his teacher for an appointment next week to talk about it. She says Ted is an underachiever —someone who has ability, but doesn't do his work or even seem to try."

The term "underachievement" is often used in educational circles today. Funds are expended to study its possible cures. Yet spiritual truth alone, with no dependence on psychological factors, can reverse underachievement. When this truth—presented by Christ Jesus and unfolded today in Christian Science—is understood and practiced, it can lead to productive school years, to the ability to establish and achieve worthwhile goals through self-discipline. Yet the real achievement so gained, the increased consciousness of one's true worth, is much greater than good grades or satisfactory academic performance.

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