Is "genius" too strong a word?

I'm not going to say that Brock is a genius, but...

...at parent teacher conference last week, his kindergarten teacher suggested that he needs a more challenging program than public school can offer. To be fair, every parent thinks that their child is unequivocally intelligent, and I'm no exception. Nevertheless, to be told that Brock is chronically bored in school because the learning comes too easily for him and that he tests beyond the level of kindergarten confirms my suspicion that my precious 5-year old is far more clever than we give him credit.
Genius.....probably not. But smart? You betcha!

His teacher thinks we need to give charter school a try before Brock is in 2nd or 3rd grade because the charter school teaches at a swifter and more challenging pace and would engage Brock's intelligence at a level that public school is unable to compete with. Now, Clarke and I are almost kicking ourselves for not switching to the charter school when we had the chance. At the same time, it just wasn't the right decision at the time. So, perhaps next year, we'll revisit the idea of charter school. For now, our junior smarty pants is going to have to chug along with the rest of the kindergartners.