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[quote=Anonymous]In fairness, at least one of those two was not a lifer -- came from Norwood.  And the other had a private math tutor from Blair.   OTOH, if you have a 1 in a million kid, you expect to supplement rather than rely solely on school to meet those needs and the question becomes, as 10:50 suggests, does the school make that easy or difficult.

I'm torn re the typical excellent math student.  My DC didn't get turned on by math until it was differentiated.  I can't say DC was bored per se -- just didn't see what was interesting/fun about math (except CMLs and Math Olympiad).

Would DC have gone in a different direction had acceleration happened earlier?  I don't know.  It might still have been the case that DC found other subjects more compelling.  When I was a kid, math was the most reliable haven for a smart kid.  So there was where I went until I ran out of course in HS and found other interests.  GDS has a lot more alternatives from the earliest ages.

All this said, I think that there are a number of parents of kids who aren't math superstars but who are somewhere between that and your typical excellent math student (great phrase BTW), who find GDS frustrating.  [/quote]

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