LaTexican posted a link to an article on a different thread,

http://depts.washington.edu/cscy/pdf/AllRiversLeadtotheSea.pdf

which has got me thinking. Acceleration in this case is skipping high school, as in with the EEP

"acceleration can be particularly beneficial for gifted young women because it allows them to by-pass a social milieu which is often destructive to female intellectuality (Callahan & Reis, 1989 and Nobel 1989)"


One of the discussion points about skipping high school [for both genders] was about the "negative social or emotional problems...resulting from the accelerative experience". Many educators, parents, psychologists, and counselors fear that acceleration will deprive young people of the critical social experiences they will need to creat healthy, well-functioning, and successful lives. Because high school is considered a normalizing experience on the road to responsible adulthood, students are urged to remain with their agemates regardless of differential ability, motivation, or special needs....

I'm curious about your experiences. Would you all agree or disagree that high school was a normalizing experience on the road to adulthood?

How about for women? DId any females on this board feel that high school benefitted them "socially and emotionally?" and/or academically. If so, what was your high school like?