Gifted Issues Discussion homepage Forums Parenting and Advocacy If I hear this one more time...

"You have to remember if we accelerate him when he is 14, all his classmates will be getting driver's licenses."

Seriosly he will most likely be in college long before he is 16... And he will probably need at least one more grade skip not to mention he is already wanting to be friends with teenagers at 6.... I-Yi-Yi

What do all you say to this one?

He is 6 now?

hkc75... I got that same comment about driving when this retired teacher who doesn't know my child calculated that my DD will be one of the youngest in her class and I should hold her back because she won't be able to drive when all the other kids will. Chances are we will have to accelerate her when in school so the idea of holding her back is so ridiculous to me.

Yes DS is 6 and needs to be accelerated into 2nd at least. He has a summer birthday but the school says maybe he is too young to go all the way into 2nd even though there is overwhelming evidence he needs at least 1 year grade skip. Yet they are concerned about the "driving factor". *sigh* Also the math teacher assured me that he will definitely be challenged in the 2nd grade accelerated math. He is currently doing 3-4th grade math at home. Ugh!

The other one I love (NOT) is "But the other girls will be getting their periods." And some of them won't...I was one of the late bloomers...made no difference to my education or social status as to when I got my period.

You see, it's always something. Perhaps we should counter with "How many kids have been held back b/c they didn't get their period/muscles by X grade?" Now if the kid is really into sports and that will affect eligibility, then that's a horse of a different color.

I was a driver for one of my daughters field trips at school. I had been told by her teacher that we might be driving for different grades. One of the little boys told me he would be 8 this summer. I asked Oh, are you in 1st or 2nd grade? The little boy replied, I'm in kindergarten. I just changed the subject very quickly. I guess when he's 16 he'll be driving all his 14 year old friends in his class

The "best" one I've gotten is "you don't want to turn her into a freak do you?" In reference to my discussing with a family member that our DD6 should be in grade 2 now, not splitting her time between kinder and grade 1. (And she will also probably need another skip later on.)

My favorite... "Do you realize he'll be in high school at 10?"
Uh nope, thought never occurred to me.

How about "Good, then all her friends can drive her places. How convenient!"

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