The smartest child prodigies probably declined the option to skip grades and graduate several years early because they also understood the social effects, amirite?
I was offered to skip a grade, and though I was faaaar from a child prodigy, this was the reason I said no. Actually the logic was quite simple; 'my friends are in this grade, if I skip it I won't be with my friends. I want to be with my friends, therefore I will not skip the grade.'
Dropped out of gifted classes in 3rd Grade mostly due to the social ostracization. Plus, smart enough to realize I was doing all this extra, harder work, for literally no reason other than to make parents / teachers happy? No thanks. Happily passed / made B's without really having to try for rest of school career.
I skipped 2 grades and yes, it absolutely has a bad effect socially. Couldn't hang with the kids I went to school with (they say you're too young) so I stayed in the house and played ColecoVision. A LOT.
And don't even think about dating a girl in your grade...
I wasn't really a prodigy, but due to my mom working with me a LOT I could read when I was three and write when I was 4. So I was given the opportunity to skip a grade. My mom let me decide and I decided not to take it. The kids in the grade above me were already picking on me. I didn't need them to do it even more.
I'm not sure how many kids recognize this. I had the opportunity to start college after my sophomore year in High School. I was all about it, but my parents wouldn't sign off, purely for social reasons. In hindsight, I'm glad they made that decision.
I was asked to skip a grade in math but declined because I'm lazy.
That was basically why my parents wanted me not to skip grades lol
I made up for it in HS with AP though
If they are child prodigies they have a better chance of weighing out there options then us
I was offered to skip a grade, and though I was faaaar from a child prodigy, this was the reason I said no. Actually the logic was quite simple; 'my friends are in this grade, if I skip it I won't be with my friends. I want to be with my friends, therefore I will not skip the grade.'
Are you still friends?
No, they aren't
The friends ended up skipping a grade instead.
I was offered a chance to skip two grades, said no thanks. I realized that it would have left me even more socially isolated than I already was.
Maybe. Or maybe they'd hope to avoid the negative socialization that much of schooling offers by skipping ahead.
Dropped out of gifted classes in 3rd Grade mostly due to the social ostracization. Plus, smart enough to realize I was doing all this extra, harder work, for literally no reason other than to make parents / teachers happy? No thanks. Happily passed / made B's without really having to try for rest of school career.
I skipped 2 grades and yes, it absolutely has a bad effect socially. Couldn't hang with the kids I went to school with (they say you're too young) so I stayed in the house and played ColecoVision. A LOT.
And don't even think about dating a girl in your grade...
Not so: intelligence does not equate to wisdom (or even self-awareness, for that matter).
Which you can see from the stereotype of the socially awkward, insanely intelligent absent-minded professor.
I wasn't really a prodigy, but due to my mom working with me a LOT I could read when I was three and write when I was 4. So I was given the opportunity to skip a grade. My mom let me decide and I decided not to take it. The kids in the grade above me were already picking on me. I didn't need them to do it even more.
I'm not sure how many kids recognize this. I had the opportunity to start college after my sophomore year in High School. I was all about it, but my parents wouldn't sign off, purely for social reasons. In hindsight, I'm glad they made that decision.