Just to give you some perspective Dandy, in our "above average" school, the highest point total for 6th grade last year (full year) was just over 600 (not my kid). The second highest was only about 350. Most of the GT kids landed somewhere in the 200's.
I nosed around our district in preparation and found the top annual score achieved for elementary was >500, and that was a few years ago. (The top end was generally in the 250-300 range.)
After letting DS chase the rabbit over the last few weeks, I emailed the teacher with his projected annual totals and said - essentially -- "This is nuts. Enough is enough!"
I explained that I don't consider this to be a worthwhile goal, and if nothing else, that it is grotesquely counter-productive to our efforts to SLOW HIM DOWN in everything else he does.
The "keep it out of reach" comment just floors me.
Yeah... I wanted to "floor" him. But I think DS proved the point better than I could have.
