I'm just not that into it Mum

Mum: A-One, I want to get your scores on the last couple of Lumosity games you've played.

A-One: No, not now!

Mum: I told you about an hour ago that I'd be coming to get your scores.

A-One: Not until I've done my games today.

Mum: I'm not waiting until midnight to get your scores for the last couple of days.

A-One: It won't be midnight.

Mum: All you need to do is 'brb' to your WOW mates!  I'm not waiting until tonight! I've given you plenty of notice.

Under sufferance he logged on to get his scores.

Mum: You're now at 40th percentile overall!

A-One (dully): Yes.

Mum: And you are in the 40s for both Attention and Flexibility!  All you need to do is relearn your tables and number facts and your Problem Solving would shoot up too.

A-One: I know what I have to do Mum.

Mum: Sigh.

He did it!

My son A-One did it! (she said proudly).  He played the extra game yesterday for information processing. My cup is full.

When I woke him this morning (even though I knew he'd been up until at least 3am), I gee'd him up to get onto his brain training first thing, and asked by-the-way about yesterday's extra work.

A-One: Yes, I did it.

Mum: Fantastic!  And how did you go?

A-One: OK I suppose.

Mum: Brilliant that you did it A-One.

He smiled, so I could see that he was pleased with the praise (unlike yesterday).

Later, when I was 'bragging' about him to his sister,

A-One: You don't have to tell everyone Mum.

Mum: You've heard about people who overcome obstacles - you could be one too you know. You could be an inspiration to others.

I was out again this morning, but he had finished today's training by the time I came home for lunch.  His overall BPI is now 763 at 21st percentile - the highest yet!  He wasn't served up a speed game today (so no information processing), but the memory game was on working memory again. He improved further, taking his memory to 32.1st percentile - another PB.  Other areas have been steady.

The online chart of his progress is showing a steep improvement since he resumed a couple of days ago.  When I mentioned that it looks like he's taking off, he seemed pleased - in a 'let's not go over the top here Mum' kind of way.

Mum: You didn't get an information processing game today, so that's what you'll need to add today.

A-One: It's my choice. I won't get worse if I don't do it.

Mum: How fast do you want to improve?  5 years? 6 months?

A-One: Well, not 5 years I suppose.

Mum: The more work you do, the faster you'll improve your prospects.  That'll be easier while you are still young.

I went back to my earlier notes on A-One's brain training.  He has improved over 500 BPI and 10 percentiles since he first started on 12 November 2012!  With a break of almost two months in between, that's really just a little more than a month of actual training.  We looked at it together and he seemed pleased with his progress.  I asked him to imagine getting to the 30th percentile ...