Originally Posted by syoblrig
Myth:
*That a child who is dramatically ahead in K, must be hothoused.
*That a kid who reads encyclopedias, must be forced to do so.
*That is doesn't hurt a kid to coast year after year in school.
*There's something EVERY kid needs to learn in K (or 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.)
*Gifted classes are too stressful for kids, even if they're GT.
*Don't put your kid in the HGT class because those kids are weird. (OK, it's not a myth that many of them are unusual, but they would be anyway.)

this! all of this! and man, did we ever find out the hard way.

Every Sunday it brooded and lay on the floor. Inconveniently close to the drawing-room door.