Potential Problems With Grade Skipping
Many academic administrators and the general public carry misconceptions about grade skipping, believing that children are often harmed by being placed in an environment for which they are academically ready but emotionally or socially not,. Nonetheless, there are some problems that can be expected: high IQ has a 75% correlation with introversion, which makes dealing with new social groups significantly more difficult.
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