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There was a study done in Australia that showed that radical acceleration for gifted kids resulted in the highest overall satisfaction in life. It sounds like you probably needed further acceleration.

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ryandrake 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I guess the key is to not just accelerate the kid into a higher grade full of "general population" students. He'd just be surrounded by a different group of mediocre (just older) kids. I think really smart kids need to be surrounded by other really smart kids or their social circle will constantly drag them back to the mean.

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liontwist 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Really? I often hear the opposite, kids I knew who got a bachelors degree at 17 say well now what? What is the rush!

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bobfromsf 5 hours ago | parent [-]

This isn’t about it being a rush. For kids like mine, they NEED it. My son wanted to learn calculus when he was 9 but I refused and instead sent him to outdoor summer camps, sports camps etc. He still doesn’t know calculus because I told him not to rush it and he is resentful but instead he took geometry, number theory etc. He wants to learn at an accelerated pace, it’s not about anyone except for him pushing himself because he needs it.

	▲	liontwist 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yes he needs intellectual stimulation. But is that going to come from being in 6th grade instead of 3rd grade?