Those are good points. Eventually we'll have to take Mite out of public education.
Right now, Mite's only motivation is in the social area. We didn't notice how burned out he was getting in school, but he has a group of friends that are natural peer advocates for him and he screams when he thinks he will lose those. I think a couple of them are also very exceptional intellectually and all 5 of the boys are very nice, well-mannered kids. So, at least until we have a better understanding of what is going on with him both in intelligence and in impairment, we'll try to keep the his social support group intact.
I do think he's going to be like your son when he figures out how much fun it is to learn when there are no constraints. Right now he is researching facial cancer in tasmanian devils and it is amazing to see the ideas and concepts he both understands and pursues. I'm hoping it motivates him to take on other solo research endeavors.
