In retrospect I thank my stars my parents put me in a Montessori elementary school because there was always more to do. Admittedly the "work at your own pace on what you want directive" meant that I spent most of first grade sitting under a table in the corner reading all day, but with a little nudging in the right direction it worked out. XD;;; At any rate, I'll never forget hearing about a close friend my own age at a traditional school, who came home crying one day because he wanted to learn multiplication and the teacher wouldn't let him until every person in the class had mastered subtraction. Augh.