What happens to a kid who's too smart for school?

I find the title of this thread (based on the line from the article, I presume) deceptive: "What happens to a kid who's too smart for school?"

I'm used to reading, and seeing first hand, articles like this: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,699423,00.h... http://blogs.wsj.com/informedreader/2007/08/17/students-at-r...

Even the article says: "The prognosis for exceptionally gifted students in America is poor. The only federal program that provides money for gifted education includes no provisions for the exceptionally gifted, and it was just defunded. The one reform pending before Congress does not distinguish between levels of giftedness and creates no new educational programs."

I think it is incorrect to say Gonzales is the general case. The other side is mentioned, but only briefly. There is a BIG problem with what generally happens to kids who are "too smart for school," but I'm glad Gonzalez is getting the education he deserves at such an early age.

Clearly someone needs to found a Hogwarts-meets-Xavier-Institute for exceptionally gifted kids. An environment actually tailored to the exceptionally gifted, and one that included their actual peers would be incredibly beneficial not just to the kids, but to society. These are our future Newtons and Einsteins and they're being ground down into middle managers by the current system.

Amazing story, but is it just me or does that article load as one massive block of pain-in-the-ass-to-read text?

I don't know that I like how this article is written. It tries to peg him as exceptionally gifted, yet he's only learning basic chemistry (VSEPR theory and Bohr model) at a state school? They use some fancy sounding words, but I just don't think it's really that impressive.