Originally Posted by 2giftgirls
Where do you all live that your public (?) school teachers are actually suggesting your kids be accelerated or are even open to it? And are all your kids work producers? Mine REFUSES to do things, especially writing...

My DS7 is NOT a work producer . . . can barely write a sentence, which is a big part of why we didn't accelerate him at his teachers suggestion.

And frankly, I think his teacher suggested the grade skip b/c she didn't want to be bothered to do the extra things he would need for in-class multi-subject acceleration. So it's not that she understands DS so well, it's just that she didn't want to deal with a pushy mom. You know, every mom thinks their kid is a genius.

We got the principal on our side, and ultimately the result is a slightly higher book for reading group, and DS is basically self-educating in math and science. Seriously, the teacher can't even be bothered to look at the computer he's working on during math class to see what it has him doing.

So maybe the answer is to find a lazy teacher.