Originally Posted by CFK
Originally Posted by Wren
Does radical acceleration limit a child'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 is who he is.
Originally Posted by CFK
Do I believe radically accelerating him will limit him? No. Holding him back in school or not allowing him to learn would have limited him.
DS's school had open house this week, and after visiting his 6th grade classroom we stopped by his old 3rd & 4th grade classrooms where his same-age peers are this year. I can't even begin to contemplate life for him in either of those classrooms. This serves as a keenly pointed reminder of why we choose grade-skipping for the kid. We'll deal with college when we have to, but for now we had no other viable option.

Being offended is a natural consequence of leaving the house. - Fran Lebowitz