Originally Posted by latichever
My point is, I guess, is that it's possible to cobble together a decent program without acceleration or early college admission.

I assume there's an assumed "because of the opportunities available to us, which meet the needs of my kid" in there? The first couple of times, I read that statement as a generalization, and the possibility of cobbling a program sufficient to avoid varies widely with the available opportunities and the needs of the kid.