Pete is detail-oriented. While there are many definitions of this term, generally it means that when you do a task you pay careful attention to the correctness of each individual aspect of the task. In the business world, this is generally a coveted skill since it means you can assign a task to this person and be confident that they will do everything necessary to get the job done in a professional manner. In the 6-year-old world, it means you have trouble finishing things in the time allotted.
Here are some examples of how Pete is detail-oriented:
1. At our Den meeting on Wednesday, each Tiger Cub was decorating his folder with stickers. There were many stickers to choose from, and no rules for how to decorate the folder. Most of the kids ended up with a folder that had various stickers of each type strewn about. Pete's folder was more structured. I was convinced of this when one of the adults walking by looked at Pete's folder and said "Wow. He's detail-oriented".
2. Pete's work that comes home from school is usually (i) correct (ii) structured and (iii) incomplete.
3. His room full of Knex creations, all symmetric and accurate to their design.
4. He generally wants to start over if he has not performed something perfectly.
5. He needs to know the name and number of every song on the CD he is listening to.
6. If you say "Ruby Tuesdays" instead of "Ruby Tuesday" I suspect that he will declare you an enemy combatant with no protections of the Geneva Convention.
7. Pete brought home a speech activity paper that apparently had white-out on it. Mom asked him "did you use white-out on this?" Pete said "yeah, isn't that awesome?"
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