I'd be too nervous to order an out-of-level test for DS right now because his reading isn't there yet. He's not the teach-yourself kind and I suspect stealth dyslexia. I did consider getting the SAT one at kinder level with the guess that he'd probably rank pretty high if not get the full 99. (In school, I always "99'ed" -- a phrase I have never heard and I now love -- so my kids might have it hard cuz my bar is set really high. haha.)
Tonight, hubby was giving me a hard time about how he wants DS to go to school at least for high school because he doesn't think that I have the expertise to teach. Aside from the fact that the reality is that homeschooling is more about teaching kids to learn for themselves, I was kind of insulted. Hubby's accusation was, "I know you're good at English, but..." and in my head I'm going, "I skipped a grade. I was valedictorian. I aced the AP calculus test. English isn't even my strong point..."
I suspect that this will ultimately be something that hubby grows into. At this time, it's hard for him to see our kid as significantly different from others, but as DS really starts to come into his own, I think it will be more obvious.
I've noticed before that, like, I'll say something and hubby will disagree, then 2 years down the line, he does a bunch of research and comes to the same conclusion I told him about before, except that he thinks it's his own idea. I let this happen.
