Oh dear. I've started reading articles and papers on underachievement and it's depressing/scaring the crap out of me (!!!!) What if a grade skip just sets Miss 7 up to fail? Josh Shaine's insider view on what underachievement looks and feels like to a child is seriously frightening...
http://www.geocities.com/josh_shaine/insideout.htmljojo
Don't read Josh Shaine about underachievement. He's kind of 'back in the '60s' on that topic. Now - if you can find a Shaine article about 'Non-Linear Thinkers' than post it here because it's great stuff. IF only he would get serious and write down the amazing things I hear him lecture about. ((Humor Alert))
Read Sylvia Rimm on underachievement. She tends to put a lot of it on the parent's laps, and then quietly say, 'well for gifted kids it just comes from being unaccomidated' but she's on the right track.
Getting off soapbox,
Grinity
