Hmm... While I, uh, still agree with myself, CFK gave me pause.
I agree, you should take your kids personalities and drives into consideration.
Also re the rat race school... I went to a school that probably fits pretty well with the "rat race" definition (eg, 15+% of my class went to Ivy Leagues, and my school was 1500+ miles from New England...) But now that I think about it, yes, I did some degree of "doing school", but mostly I didn't worry about grades or pleasing teachers; instead, I usually felt bored. Now, maybe this still makes the case for the "progressive" school as a better educational fit, but the point is it occurs to me that HG+ kids might not feel the same kind of pressure as other kids do in a rat race type school.
