Todd2
Aquarium Advice Freak
If your kid is that smart I would be irritated that he wasn't accepted into the program also. I was in the gifted program back in Elementry school and from what I remeber. They were looking for people who could "think outside the box". I don't know if your son can do this or not but I can kind of see where the psychologist is coming from. But then again in 2nd grade I was the best math student in our class and I don't know if I was exactly "gifted" but I was still in the gifted program. If he is doing THAT well you might want to get him into a private school where the material is more advanced and the classes are smaller and such. I switched to a private school in 5th grade because my parents weren't happy with my performance in school. They had talked it over with my 4th grade teacher and decided private school would be best for my education/future. On my 3rd and 4th grade report card the teacher wrote "...is easily distracted" "caught looking out the window often". This wasn't because I had ADD or anything it was simply because the material was too easy and I became bored with it. One of my good friends who was in the "gifted" program has the same problem. He's really smart its just that the material is too easy and he gets bored with it and stops trying. His parents/teachers are constantly on his back for it. I hope this doesn't happen to your son, but right now its too early to tell. Don't give up yet! Your school might come around and let him in. Have them do a second evaluation or something.