<p>Put me down as being less than enthusiastic about the uber-acceleration going on at some high power publics/magnets and college preps. I think math and science are really important but I think rather than push these kids ever further ahead that it would be better to send them outside to read a good book under a tree. Just sitting and noodling is how a lot of geniuses do their genius stuff, not being on an endless treadmill of academic exploits. I have a feeling that, ironically, we’re going to loose a lot of ideas from a lot of our best minds with this trend.</p>