we are looking at one school, it is the only private school in the area that deals with gifted kids, and frankly, I have heard that if you pay enough, they will call your kid gifted.... :(It's a school for kids who are normal and above normal.
they have full financial aid, but I am scared we will end up in the same boat, plus they are a religious school- and my DH doesn't want to send him to a school that "preaches hate". I am trying to convince him to think about it, the school while religious, lots of kids from every religion go there, DS7 wouldn't have to take religious instruction.
If you expose him to all ideas, he will make up his mind just fine. I still catch flak when I go home about my reading Darwin in the 4th grade and then putting the pastor on the spot over it. People still talk about it.
I think its good for kids to learn that people can be wrong and to learn to see discrepancies between things. The harder task is to learn to respect differences, tolerate conflict, and work with someone even if you think they are wrong on some things. The world is made for the common denominator and most paths chosen are not the optimal ones.
