Strange...

[MN Mom]

My BFF from 2nd Grade - Current is uber smart as well. Valedictorian, graduated with 2 degrees from MIT. She has no common sense, and never has. She was also very clumsy growing up. I think it may be the whole left brain - right brain thing? I'll have to do some reading, but IIRC Einstein wasn't exactly a ballerina nor extremely commonsensical either

[DBug]

My daughters best friend in elementary school could build an atom bomb but couldn't cross the street. His IQ was off the charts but no common sense. He was always tripping, falling, running into things, etc...but could explain how to build a computer. May be just how he is.

This is SO true about quite a few very intelligent people. Both my dad and my husband have worked with very well-educated, well-published and highly esteemed scientists. Dad and hubby were/are techs, who have the dubious distinction of making sure the scientists make it alive through each day ::. My hubby worked in the high arctic and one of his tasks was to drive the scientists to and from their research station every day -- because the higher-ups don't trust them to do it themselves ::::!

It's a running joke among the techs about just how little common sense the scientists have, but they're so amazingly smart. They are the most eccentric bunch , but hey, they do their jobs better than anyone else ever could. I think they've just got so much going on in their brains, there's not much room for anything else .

[jodi]

My daughter started doing this. I feel bad, I always gave her a hard time - not paying attention - flighty - spacey - tripping. Turns out she couldn't see. She got glasses - and had to continually get new ones. Now, at 20, she is legally blind without glasses.
Is he going through a growth spurt - maybe growing awkwardly into longer limbs?