Rob Perkins wrote:

(Jeb) wrote:

Montessori method- God I can't believe some people still hang with
that method. Ok for the 80s but the world has moved on - but when you
are deperate or .....

My sister has seen remarkable success with her kids in a Montessori
school. My niece is on track to enter a community college at age 15 or
so...

Not always the best idea either. I've seen way too many kids who go off
to college at 14 or 15 and end up as social misfits. Make sure your niece
maintains contact with AGE APPROPRIATE peers. This is of course also very
hard to do as the kids the same age as your neice are "boring, dumb,
etc.". We were fortunate enough to have a school system that provided a
segregated program for advanced students starting in the 3rd grade. All
the "scary, smart" kids went to school together. They still behaved like
10 year olds, but it was a bit different. For example: When the girls
(5th grade) woke up in the cabin on the field trip SCREAMING about the
bugs walking over them the conversation quickly digressed into what type
of bug it was and how you could tell (with the approprite field guide
coming from someones backpack). She stayed in high school full time and
graduated high school with 24 AP credits, but still did all the high
school stuff (plays, proms, color guard, etc.)

Margy