Originally Posted by Kriston
Judging LOG strictly (or even to a great extent) by school placement doesn't make any more sense to me than judging strictly by IQ score. Intelligence is more complicated than either of those would indicate. Motivation plays a big role.

Then, too, even if my DS is ready for college at 10 or 12 or even 14, he's not going! Frankly, I'M not ready for that! He'd take online college courses, have a private tutor, travel...but I'm NOT going to send him away to college at that age.

I think the majority of parents feel that way. I'd bet most PG kids feel that way, even. And there are so many things kids can do and learn between 10 and grad school that there's just no reason for them to go that route if it's not the ideal solution for them.

They need to learn, yes. But life is not a race with the one out of grad school fastest getting the prize. And for most of these "tail" kids, grad school at 12 is not something they need. If they do, more power to them, naturally! But most don't need that. Even the PG kids.

Exactly. Just because one could do something doesn't mean that he has to or that is a good choice. I think this article about Terence Tao and the educational decisions his parents made for him is a very good example. I hope everybody can agree that he is PG.

http://www.davidsongifted.org/db/Articles_id_10116.aspx

Please go ahead and read what Billy Tao has to say.

Originally Posted by Billy Tao
There is no need for him to rush ahead now. If he were to enter full-time now, just for the sake of being the youngest child to graduate, or indeed for the sake of doing anything 'first,' that would simply be a stunt. Much more important is the opportunity to consolidate his education, to build a broader base.
....

As for us. I think it's impossible to even guess where my child can be at 10 or 12 or 14. One of the most important gt/school lessons I learned this is year is One year at a time and even that could probably read a few months at a time. I do not know where DS5 will be. I think that he will be ready for algebra at 7 or 8, but that's as far as I can go.

As for DS3, yes he is gifted. Yes, he is probably level 4, but I am nowhere close to be able to even guess where he could be at the age of 10 or 12. I think it would be laughable to even try.