Wouldn't it be great if the mindset from elementary school would carry over to the higher grades? I'm not looking forward to the time when it's not cool for DS to be as smart as the other kids think he is. I love the attitudes shown by things classmates in 1-2 grade used to say to DS "Wow, you're smart!", "You know all the answers". It was cool to be 'smart'. Even now, sometimes I hear his friends say "that's cool you get to go to gifted". If only those attitudes would carry over, that doing well in school is not a bad thing and being smart can be cool, too.
Keeping DS grounded while everyone is stroking the ego - that's another issue, LOL!
