Thanks - I'd not heard of the False Prince so I will have to see if my DD would be interested because it looks like an absorbing tale.
My opinion of the 'plateau theory' is that it is believed only by those who have never encountered HG and above kids. The thing about >=HG, in my experience at least, is that the rate of learning is so much faster than 'normal' - that given the right access to knowledge they may never plateau until well beyond secondary education.
If they appear to plateau earlier than that the school is doing something wrong - very wrong.
Last edited by madeinuk; 09/14/13 04:46 PM.
