You're right about no school can meet the needs of every student. I know how hard teachers work and most teachers, at least in the area I'm in, are very, very good. But even with all of our state's mandates for gifted education, even with our experience with great teachers, I don't see how, with our current education, we can meet the needs of the gifted minds without bandaiding and scaffolding the best we can.
Nicoledad, it sounds like your situation is ideal, and really, if it's not broke...well, you know the saying.
I was very much hands-off for most of my dc's education. I starting sitting up and taking notice when last year I discovered, quite by accident, that my youngest ds's perfectionism had been holding him back. And my eldest ds, who is 24 and thriving now, almost didn't graduate from high school because he never had to work hard at anything and once he received a scholarship to the school of his choice, he decided he was done.
