So how do I convince DS that "I'd miss my teacher" is NOT a good reason to say he doesn't want to be whole grade accelerated? I got a note today from his teacher that his testing is going really well, and while she, herself, doesn't know the results, the psychologist said that if he finishes the testing as well as he's doing now, he'll be recommended to move to 1st. His teacher stated to go ahead and begin to introduce the idea of him moving into 1st. Well I did, and he said he'd say no b/c he'd miss his teacher. He didn't care that he'd be leaving his "friends" or anything else. He thought it was cool that he'd be in a class that didn't do the same things he's known forever all the time. But he'd miss his teacher.

**bangs head on wall**