It may be what he means but it is not how people will interpret it, and he must that.
But remember college arms race mania. As soon as truly gifted kids are allowed to accelerate, everyone will have to be allowed to accelerate. It's "elitist" and not "equitable" to let some kids accelerate while not giving others "a chance."
This is precisely the result of letting 5-10% of a class jump ahead to algebra in 8th grade (not a big deal 30+ years ago) mixed with today's
everyone must go to college mentality and IVY LEAGUE COLLEGE!!! hysteria.
I'm not saying it's right. I'm saying that this is the situation.
