Yep, I agree that it's highly individual. In two of the gifted books I own, it talks of 2 different gifted programs being required. ONe for the gifted students who like to go deep and slow. The other is for those who need to go fast, forward, and deep. My son was just so burnt out after 7hrs at school (includes bus time), there wasn't much time for anything else since he already had travel soccer 3 days/week. He just wanted to be home and build with LEGOs and then the evening fight over homework would begin.
It really depends on the kid needs to be looked at on the individual level. I know gym and art was so not enough for my DS and specials were only 2x/week with gym 2x/week. Art is not his thing anyhow...it's math, science, history which is a core part of the day spent unhappy.
