@Pizzagirl " the faux-problem on CC that everyone’s little geniuses are sooooo bored with calculus already in 8th grade and they’ve got to rush-rush-rush through it all."
The hyperbole is amusing.
You are completely right that they don’t have to “rush-rush-rush through it all.” They can take their time. Each child is different and should be paced accordingly. The point was never that everyone needs to rush. I was about the alignment of parents expectations and the level of work that students are doing.
Choosing to not go down that path is fine, just as choosing to not take advanced English is fine, or getting C’s and D’s is fine. It all depends on what is right for the particular student. Students can do all of those things and still get into a decent college and get an education. What concerns me is seeing students who are doing these things and the parents continue to have a baseless belief that the student will be attending a top school. I think these misaligned expectations can lead to a lot of frustration that can be avoided with a little work early on to understand what is reasonable for each situation.