Originally Posted by bluemagic
And the fact that DS can get away without doing other things the teachers suggest like study for tests, make detailed outlines of the chapters doesn't help convince him that they are right on this.

And that's one of the bigger tragedies of gifted folks only just surviving the school system: we learn a tremendous amount of skepticism towards presumed or asserted authority sometimes to our detriment.

I hope the course works out for him.