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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]First, I have a huge amount of respect and gratitude to all teachers.  
Second, I have a question - we are new to the area and my kid is new to the lower school.  He has no brilliant math student, but he enjoys it and is half-way through a CTY online accelerated math class that puts him 2.5 years ahead of his class.  (He finished the last online class with a 92%.)  Again - he is no genius, but he's ahead in math and my understanding is that most of these schools, including the one he attends, is not particularly strong in math.  Do we just do our thing at home and not mention it to the teacher?  I do not expect the school to put him in a math class with kids 2 years older, but I would also prefer he not have to do basic math worksheets if possible.  I am at a loss on how to approach this becasue I don't want to offend our new teacher, whom I quite like.
Thanks for any constructive suggestions.  [/quote]

I just have to say I think it's so sad that the attitudes of teachers as documented on this thread would make a parent with an important question about his or her son's needs feel like it would be offensive to bring it up.  Even more upsetting is that some parents would rather let their child's needs go unmet than risk annoying a teacher about their special snowflake.

Some of the teachers who have posted here about parent's of advanced children should reconsider their position.  There is nothing wrong with speaking to your child's teacher (be it the first day or 3 months in) if you geniunely feel it's needed.  If you as a teacher feel like there is good reason not to accelerate than just explain your reasoning and come up with a plan.  I think teachers are too quick to disregard parents in many instances.

Here is a blog about a little girl and her family who had such a horrendous time dealing with their school.  This thread reminds me of it.
http://educatingarchie.com/?m=200905

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