Good points Dottie. That is why the awards for SCAT are nice, I wish our state had them. Recognition is hard to get when accelerated. As I have mentioned in other posts, my son is a chess player. Even though he was 4 and 5 he played in tournaments against much older kids. When he went to his first tournament this fall after a long summer break of no play (still only 5), he wanted to play "down" against kids K-3. The parents of those kids actually were angry that he wasn't playing in a higher division. That was one of the last tournaments he played in. That line of age-appropriate and talent-appropriate recognition is hard to straddle. I think these kids need a little of both to stay well-balanced.
