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Strategies & Market Trends : Trading the SPOOs with Patrick Slevin! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: SE who wrote (3400)	2/1/2000 9:25:00 AM
From: Patrick Slevin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7434

I don't think so; the fact is that the catholic grammar school is, or at least was, weak. The boys, particularly the elder one, was undermatched in spite of the fact that he is a year younger. One other problem with kids who skip ahead is athletics and maturity. That's an entirely different issue. A friend attended Regis, a catholic prep school in NYC that gives anyone who can get in a free ride. Very hard to get into. Very smart fellow, was ticked that he got a 1580 on his SATs so he took them over and scored a 1600. Absolutely hated the fact that he skipped a year. He never could compete physically with his friends. I skipped a year myself, I had a hard time accepting that I was just a step off when it came to sports and such. I really don't know whether Montessori helped them or not; they had a lot going for them in the first place. My wife would have a better grip on what the situation was. I was less than impressed but it was her goal to put them there. She was very impressed with it at first, but I think she might have been less than happy near the end. I would have to ask her once she gets back from vacation.