Originally Posted by Iucounu
"broader rather than deeper". For example, the vice principal suggested that DS, instead of learning new math concepts after mastering old ones, perhaps do a report on the life of a famous mathematician.
Argh! What is it that goes through people's heads, such that they think this is appropriate? Is it just that they have no idea what maths is? (We've been fortunate enough not to have met it with DS, but it's horribly familiar from my own childhood.)

Although it would be tempting to get it written down as "life and work of" and give him Galois or Fermat... they'd have fun marking that :-)

Good luck with the legal stuff - and enjoy homeschooling!

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