<p>He looks like a sweet kid and I wish him the best. This arrangement may be the best one possible for him. He strikes me as an outgoing, friendly kid who has the confidence to do well in many different settings. </p>
<p>What I take from the two articles about this kid along with the posts above:</p>
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<li><p>He’s not a prodigy. Many posters have commented that their children scored higher on the SAT at the same age. Heck, my own kid scored higher on the SAT at the same age and had the same early “focus” his mother describes and I’d be loath to describe her that way. What that tells me is not that he doesn’t belong at TCU but that maybe more bright–not only once-in-a-generation-brilliant–kids should consider this sort of alternative. For us, ironically, the elementary and middle school years were the best and most challenging school years my youngest experienced. By dumb luck, she landed in a small place with several other kids very similar to her both in temperament and in ability. For others, middle school is a nightmare and early college is a reasonable alternative.</p></li>
<li><p>I sense a tiger mother in the wings. I’m speculating, yes, and I could very well be wrong but I’ve been around enough of them to guess that this may be the case. The mom seems to overstate her kid and depict him as a prodigy. He could read at the age of 1, read chapter books at 2, but scored a 580 on the CR section of the SAT? I suppose it’s possible but it seems odd.</p></li>
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