Distraction is what I need most! Lol
I love trying to figure these things out, too. Now I have more concrete information, though, and it sounds like it's just going to be a waiting game. The gifted teacher at his school told me he's certainly a "viable candidate," but also warned that it's a seriously tough pool this year. They take top 2% of the district, or about 12 kids, but it will all come down to how the other kids who were chosen to be tested perform. Top 12 will get in. There's a review process for kids who are on the cusp but don't quite make the scoring cut-off (as determined by how the top 12 do).
Scary. Stressful. Now I know how my parents felt every step of the way! I went to a gifted private school K-12 and then one of the top 2 or 3 colleges in the country. I'm constantly trying to correct for the problems associated with that (perfectionism, anxiety, etc.) when it comes to my own parenting. If the gifted classroom isn't the right peer group for him, I don't want him there, melting under a pile of stress and self-doubt. But I also don't like this path toward perfectionism I see right now, where nothing has ever been hard for him and he is being taught that all he has to do is show up and he'll do perfectly. Talk about not being real life! He asks me constantly for harder classes and more challenges. If the school system won't do it (I'll find out in the end of May), I'm going to have to figure out something.
Parenting. Is. Hard.
xoxo
