[Black Arbor]

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Originally Posted by Comedian

Thanks for that. He just turned 7. He is in first grade. He reads at a 5th grade level and has moved on to 2nd grade math. His spare time is on YouTube watching space videos and science stuff. He practices the elements from memory. He is in the teens on that. He and I read Jules Verne a lot. I have never seen a more dedicated kid. I’m actually a moderately smart adult but honestly, his intellect is now surpassing mine. His teacher worries he might get board and may need to skip ahead. He is still a 7 year old little boy. I don’t want to hurt him by not advancing him but I know he needs more challenges. I’m constantly looking for new programs and books for him. ‘Santa’ brought him a pretty advanced telescope and he has been thrilled to finally have good weather to use it. He can tell me how long Jupiter takes to make a full rotation. Lol. I have him in karate as well because he is very tall for his age. My wife is 5’2” and I’m 5’9” on a good day...lol. His growth chart says he will be 6’4”....maybe the mail man was tall.....lol.

I don’t know what this kid is destined for, but I hope he doesn’t forget us. Lol.

Again thanks for that. I’m really running on over-drive to keep up with him. So I spend a ton of time looking for new stuff for him to learn/read/listen to.

You sound like you have a great kid dude Not to derail things too much here, and just throwing in my 2 cents, but I've always been wary of skipping too many grades. I worry about the skippers not having the same level of emotional intelligence as older teens and feeling isolated, shunned and bullied. Granted I always worry about worst case scenarios but still