Thank you for sharing that. After the experience of my niece and myself, I decided to keep Haley in highschool despite the school and counselors recommendations. She has a small group of friends and her best friend that she has been close to since the 5th grade. They plan on attending the same college. That may or may not happen (probably not), but I felt the social growth they experience in high school was just as important as her academic growth. I hope I made the right decision. Only time will tell.



>>How did that go for you once you were in college? My daughter could have graduated already but I make her continue to take high school courses because she is only 16. I keep her in high school and plan to until she turns 17. I'm trying for 17 1/2. Right now she is taking courses online. The workload is much greater and it requires a greater time investment but the instructors are all Duke Professors (what enticed me to start her in that program). When I was in school I skipped a grade and I'm not sure the early graduation is always best. I have a niece who is a member of Mensa and she graduated at 16. She is now 30 and only just recently settled on a career. She has multiple degrees and quit to become an electrician. She has engineering degrees (among others) for Pete's sake. She was in college the entire time since highschool.
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>In college, it wasn't bad, except that I commuted to Penn, which was really a residential school (5-10% commuters), so I have no lasting friendships from college.
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>Junior high and high school were pretty much a disaster socially.
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>Academically, I did well in college and took a broad range of courses, but I really bloomed when I got to grad school.
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>Tamar