The introduction to statistics at the college level was awful. I stopped taking math for a few years after that. There were no proofs or intuitive ideas presented--just memorize this and compute that with no theory behind it.
Exactly!
Until he is old enough to know how to organize other peoples' work, he should be kept out of intellectual houses of horror!!
One more comment - when he takes Calculus might be the time to find him his first non-family mentor, too. Mine when I was 13 was a CS PHD - he had an enormous influence on me. A retired Professor or PE (Professional Engineer) might be the right choice.
