Boy, can I sympathise with this one! I was that child, in my day--I grew up with my nose in a book, and consequently don't even remember a great deal of my childhood. My mom didn't think anything of having a kid reading a book at the dinner table, as her sister had grown up exactly the same way!
We also didn't have a TV, so I had no use for the stuff the other kids wanted to talk about--and in music class, the teacher had everyone singing commercial jingles that I didn't know or understand.
I don't think that my DS7 has quite these problems, as they don't have time at lunch to bother bringing a book along and he certainly gets enough TV, although not always the same thing that other kids are watching. But he is very much that misunderstood kid, and I sometimes think the only thing he gets out of school at all is "socialization" and behavior training. But even though I always wanted to homeschool my kids (before I had any), I can't do it for the same reason listed above:
I wish I could homeschool too. For me it's not the criticism, but the sheer fact that I have no patience nor am I able to stick to schedules very well. Of course, it would probably be a learning experience for me too.
I'd never make it!
Our school is really great and works like crazy for him, but still I think I will bring up that point about normal kids socializing with 40IQ kids, just for kicks. Maybe that would help us get more acceleration if we decide we need it this year.
