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Originally Posted by gprsh924
I think it really comes down to where you live. My public high school had graduation stats very similar to your private school. In most of my classes, I was the goofball/troublemaker and never actual got in any trouble (although I was always in gifted/honors classes so that is probably not the best representation of students).
Why would you want to send a 14 year old to school with 18+ young adults. I think that would be crippling to his social development. You learn a hell of a lot more in high school about social aspects of life then you do from a textbook.
YMMV
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I agree, some public schools are better than others.
Why would I send a 14 or 15 year old to a major university?
Because he is already bored shootless with his school work, even though he's been moved up a grade. Most of his time in the classroom is spent tutoring the other students.
Yes you can learn social interaction in high school, both good and bad. Great way to be ordinary and fit in
if you are ordinary. If a kid is extreme in his intellect other kids in high school don't usually treat him kindly. I don't think that would be a positive experience in any way, shape or form.
no, ordinary is not in his destiny.
If a kid has extraordinary god-given talents, the right thing to do is to allow them to develop. To encourage his interests and development.
plus the last time I checked, high schools don't have very good astrophysics programs.