Originally Posted by indigo
Did your son cry because he felt intimidated? Or possibly because he was disappointed that he did not find other accelerated kids like himself in the class? Did he feel isolated? Left out?

Humm, thanks for asking all those questions. Now that I really think about it... he was stuck on a hard alcumus problem and got frustrated. Then he cried and said the others were 12 and he was only 8. It was probably more perfectionism rather than self awareness of his age.