There are so many entangled issues -- financial, emotional/maturity, career-related....
I was always on the honors/accelerated track too, but my mother made it clear to school officials that she would not let me skip any grades, but instead keep me with the kids my own age.
And to be honest, I'm glad I spent four years in high school, because I was "behind" socially and I would not have been ready for college any earlier.
I could tell you the story of a guy who got his Ph.D. from Princeton at age 21 and has A LOT of social issues. I used to see him around at science fiction conventions, but I haven't the last couple of years -- I think everyone in the fandom community stopped speaking to him because they're disgusted with him. When you get kicked out of a sci-fi club, you KNOW you've got problems.
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Date: 2008-11-08 12:06 am (UTC)I was always on the honors/accelerated track too, but my mother made it clear to school officials that she would not let me skip any grades, but instead keep me with the kids my own age.
And to be honest, I'm glad I spent four years in high school, because I was "behind" socially and I would not have been ready for college any earlier.
I could tell you the story of a guy who got his Ph.D. from Princeton at age 21 and has A LOT of social issues. I used to see him around at science fiction conventions, but I haven't the last couple of years -- I think everyone in the fandom community stopped speaking to him because they're disgusted with him. When you get kicked out of a sci-fi club, you KNOW you've got problems.