I think that this is one of the most important arguments for allowing gifted kids to move at a pace that's sufficiently fast that they finally have to study. I cannot recall ever, ever having to study anything before I started Algebra 1 in 8th grade. Up until that point, I just took the test and got a high score. When I started algebra, I was a teenager who had skipped pre-algebra with no concept of what study skills were. I did well in the end, but still had to work hard at learning a skill that many others took for granted, because they'd been developing it since early elementary school.
For me, the decision to let gifted kids coast through school is a big failing in our education system.
