Originally Posted by CFK
Originally Posted by Wren
Does radical acceleration limit a chid's options in the long run?

I don't look at it that way. Here's the way I look at it: whether or not radical acceleration limits my child's options, he has no choice. He could not have survived a traditional elementary and middle school education. He could not survive four years of highschool in order to enter university at a socially appropriate age. He cannot cease his pursuit of knowledge. That is not an option for him. Whether his course in life is harder or easier than most doesn't matter. He is who he is. If I was the parent of a developmentally delayed child I would not expect him to subscribe to society's schedule. I don't expect my child to either. He has to follow his own path.

Do I believe radically acclerating him will limit him? No. Holding him back in school or not allowing him to learn would have limited him.

Yes. It isn't perfect, and I don't think any of us that are "pro-radical acceleration" are saying that it necessarily even "good" in a general sense-- just that for our own kids, it's least-worst.


For kids that "don't fit" anywhere anyway, that is, sometimes there isn't a better answer.

This is probably not even true for most PG kids, but for some sub-set of them with a particular blend of personality quirks and learning needs.


Schrödinger's cat walks into a bar. And doesn't.