Well, it's by gifted for gifted. They probably have a statician.
I can't say I really know, but it seems to me like it means school is not for learning. It's just for fun. What kind of science does he like? Or is the question, should the school change for him or he for them? What does he have to show them, and what can they give him, or do you know? I think the value of the school is the years you get really good teachers and the price you pay is the years you get the boring ones. This reply's almost too rambling to post.