FWIW, my folks and some other parents pushed and pushed for 'something' extra... and.. we got little extra 'gifted' exercises (a few thursday afternoons with a

FWIW, my folks and some other parents pushed and pushed for 'something' extra... and.. we got little extra 'gifted' exercises (a few thursday afternoons with a doctor talking about anatomy stuff, etc). The principal kept juggling stuff, and before 5th grade started for me, he'd reached some deal to have a more extensive 'gifted program' for the school. Then he died, a month before it was to start. It seemed to fall apart in the aftermath of that. Not because of that, but... we did move - about 10 miles north, and were in a different school area. It was the same county - but there relatively extensive gifted programs, and I was slipped in in my first week there. Same county, just 'richer' (and... it wasn't 'rich' so much as where we'd been living just 10 miles to the south was on the decline). I was bored a lot too, even after being pushed ahead. I was bored until... I was behind. Around grade 11, it all fell apart - I had no study discipline, because I'd never had to before, and school/classes became impossible overnight.