Originally Posted by elh0706
We keep getting this "reason"... Every child needs the opportunity to work on his/Her weaknesses. Your child's biggest weakness is an inability to handle boredom. So no grade skips until he masters being bored.

Easy for me to talk, since I'm not dealing with schools, but I think my response to this would be, "That's not your job."

Expanded slightly, "I can teach my child tolerance for boredom at home with household chores. Your job is to teach my child academics."