In our case, we decided to go with public school system and then come up with plenty of extra-curricular activities at home to stimulate more their brains.
Our issue is not as much with the intellectual part of the equation. I was an A+ student pretty much all of my life and those that are having the great life were C students, so I am not that strict about grades anymore. My life lessons have made me change my perspective about that.
My big issue is with the no-child-left-behind and cut-and-dry rules that simply mean a gifted child is forbidden of moving forward. The system is great for those that fit in there. Problem is, there is no system to support those that can read before kindergarten or those that only want to read when they are 10.
By growing up somewhere else, I have no real frame of reference about life in the public school system. I only know what the movies show, the bullies and the cool kids and all that stuff, but, being movies, I don't believe it is really like that. We are still watching and learning, and hoping our decisions are the correct ones.
Our issue is not as much with the intellectual part of the equation. I was an A+ student pretty much all of my life and those that are having the great life were C students, so I am not that strict about grades anymore. My life lessons have made me change my perspective about that.
My big issue is with the no-child-left-behind and cut-and-dry rules that simply mean a gifted child is forbidden of moving forward. The system is great for those that fit in there. Problem is, there is no system to support those that can read before kindergarten or those that only want to read when they are 10.
By growing up somewhere else, I have no real frame of reference about life in the public school system. I only know what the movies show, the bullies and the cool kids and all that stuff, but, being movies, I don't believe it is really like that. We are still watching and learning, and hoping our decisions are the correct ones.
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