Sorry to be so very late to this discussion but... I bought Outliers for my hb for his bday and he loves it. He's only up to page 43 but he's already quoting it as if it is gospel. Without having had a chance to read it myself, I'm a little concerned with what sounds like a fairly convincing argument against acceleration based on how close the person is to the cut-off age. Of course, this comes after 12 months of researching and seeing specialists who advised us to grade skip and subject accelerate even though our daughters are both June babies (meaning they only just make the age cut off which in Perth is June 30th). What did others make of Gladwell's acceleration argument? (-and how can I convince hb to get out of this particular tree!!!)

jojo