Our Smart Boy
I can't post this on our family blog because I don't want to make any of my friends vomit or start questioning their parenting, but since you all are family (and no one has kids Benjamin's age to compare to him), I wanted to share.
Benjamin's parent teacher conference was about a week ago, and of course his teacher only had great things to say about him. The thing that did surprise us, however, is that she said that she thinks we should test him into third grade next year! We don't want to-- not because we don't think he could handle it-- just because we don't want him to be 2 years younger than his classmates. (He might not ever forgive us if he couldn't date or drive until his senior year of high school!) Not bad for a kid who should be in kindergarten, huh? We're proud of our Benjamin!
Benjamin's parent teacher conference was about a week ago, and of course his teacher only had great things to say about him. The thing that did surprise us, however, is that she said that she thinks we should test him into third grade next year! We don't want to-- not because we don't think he could handle it-- just because we don't want him to be 2 years younger than his classmates. (He might not ever forgive us if he couldn't date or drive until his senior year of high school!) Not bad for a kid who should be in kindergarten, huh? We're proud of our Benjamin!
Comments
Way to go Benjamin! I bet he could jump to third grade, then to fifth, and have his bachelor's degree before he goes on a mission! But that's no fun... If I were in your shoes, I don't know what I'd do.
Yes, you could say that boy is SMART! Wonderful! I'll bet he gets talked about over the lunch table by his teacher frequently!
Too bad the social problems that would come in HS has to get in the way of moving him to where he should be intellectually!
WE LOVE ALL OUR GRANDKIDS! They are all just so LOVEABLE!
Great job Benjamin! I think that is awesome! I agree with you on not moving him ahead more than 1 year. Not only is be smart-- he has wise parents who are not going to "super child" him. I agree that he would not like it later on. Awesome nevertheless.