<p>swimcatsmom,
I have posted about this here before, but I advised a student with stellar testing to drop out of our local high school (a truly oppressive place) toward the end of Junior year. He didn’t have a 3.0 average, largely because he and his teachers all knew he was smarter than they were. Some wanted to punish him, pure and simple. He also had no tolerance for busy work.
A program for Chicago Public School students, and available to home schoolers under state law and the good grace of the University, allowed him to take two courses at the University of Chicago, where he showed very well, and where there is no such thing as busy work, as far as I can tell.
He applied and was admitted to Amherst College, where he also has had no busy work, and where he has not been punished for being smart.
My own bias is that to waste anyone’s time, particularly children’s, is next to criminal.
I strongly recommend tokenadult’s link, which is self-collected and which has helped give me backbone over the years, when my kids have been way beyond me in self assurance and courage.</p>