I am very scared to have my DS9 skip a grade(s). What happens when it's time for him to go off to college and he is not emotionally prepare? I'm also worried about how he would feel little amongst bigger kids. He's about average or a little smaller than his current class mates. Sports is also inportant for him. He would be disadvataged in the older grades.
Sports and scholarships are strong reasons not to skip a child. But by sports I mean kids who 'live and die' to play sports. And all the kids I know like that are playing 'up' (with older kids) in my town.
I think that my son may not be ready emotionally to go off to college early. There is this thing called a gap year, where they do something interesting between high school and college, including a 'post-graduate' year at a boarding school. One of the key insights I've gotten from other moms of HG and PG kids is this: met their needs now, worry about the future in the future.
BTW - just because a child is 'borderline' for the Young Scholar Program doesn't mean that they don't need serious accomidations in their learning. The way the cure looks at the tail, there are 2 to 3 'almost' YSP kids for every single YSP kid. That's a lot of wildly, hugely gifted kids! And remember, 2/3 of YSP kids are bunched up right at the borderline, yes?
So if you child is at the borderline, then, by my math, they are within about 5 IQ points of 66% of young scholars. Cool, huh?
And since IQ tests were not developed to make these kind of fine distictions, I would basically say that you child is 'in the range' of the majority of young scholars.
where's Dottie? Have i overstepped? I'm better with imagination than numbers!
Love and More Love,
Grinity
