My education goal for my children is to keep them at the level where they have to work at it. My son breezed through Algebra 1. Wouldn't most parents be ecstatic? I wasn't. I was concerned what he missed. He's doing Algebra 2 now. He has been getting about 50% right the first time through the lesson. I AM ECSTATIC NOW! Because he has finally met his match. He's finally doing math at a level where he can't do it in his head. He's finally learning the necessity of checking his work. He's finally challenged enough that he needs - and is willing to do the amount of - repetition necessary to master the material.

I've seen some parents are conflicted because they want their children to learn, but they also want their children to get good grades. Those don't necessarily go together.