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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My child was incredibly bored in school - now they're only half bored.  That's a boon.  It's also been a huge improvement socially to be with more kids with similar interests.  I'm not worried about accolades or a college path, I just want a happier kid at school.[/quote]

I’m so sick of hearing “My kid is bored…” We set them up to need entertainment all day long. We’re shoving snacks, video games, movies at them all day. We schedule weekends to include special art classes, music groups, travel fill-in-the-blank sport. God forbid your kid has to just look out the window when on a long car ride. [/quote]

Agree completely! The boredom thing is such an overrated “gifted” trait. Too many parents use it as a trait of high intellect so people can assume  their kid is soooo much smarter than everyone else. If your kid is soooo bored and soooo smart, why don’t they just do something that is actually a trait of high intellect like pick up an old English book, learn a foreign language, compose a song, or solve a new math theorem? [/quote]

For my third grader it isn't about the boredom as much as learning ' how to do school '.  When dc feels like the content is slow and repetitive dc stops paying attention and doesn't do the work.  Dc sees no purpose in it....
I would love to have DC in an environment where the y feel like they have to pay attention to keep up
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