In re to the types of gifties above, I'm not sure that I agree with the descriptors, but my skipped child would fit more into type one than the others. She is, however, not pushing herself to her maximum and never has. Pre-skip she was fairly okay with coasting as long as the repetition was kept at a minimum. She was amenable to the skip when the school suggested it though and is generally fairly self motivated b/c she knows what she wants in terms of her educational and career trajectory.
I also have another dc who is more a type 2 and we did not skip her.
