My y4 ds has been awarded a first from Oxford - is this good?

[PollyParanoia]

My ds's teacher says his end of term homework is probably doctoral thesis level and that we should possibly be thinking about submitting for the Nobel prize. Does anyone know if this is unusual? Is he doing well? He seems a bright little thing, but I'm not sure what these levels know.

What these levels mean, that should read...

Not funny.

quite funny

no, really most children are at that level or above tbh in year 4.

my daughter is only 5 months old and she has already for a place at Cambridge, but y'know she just LOVES learning and we just do what she wants

stop trying to find out what it means and let him take it at his own pace. you sound very pushy

You poor thing, can't believe it took him until Y4. You must be gutted.

Polly

68% of our Y4s achieved this last year.

Don't tell me, he's come up with a novel material using sellotape and a nice soft pencil? [yawn]

Very funny.

I hope you are going to complain about the teacher about his amazing progress - I bet he wasn't even in the gifted and talented booster group.

to the teacher I mean

Dd was awarded a post-doctoral fellowship at Harvard as a 17 week foetus. The pregnancy test didn't say 'positive', it said PHD.

That's made me chuckle!

Oxford? God you must be gutted. Really feel for you hon.x

My grandson has amazed the science world by discovering 'The Missing Link'.
....A lad in year 3

Well it just goes to show that they all get there in the end.

I think it's funny, and a nice dash of lemon over all the recent disingenuous posts about levels that keep cropping up. Thank you OP.

My dd managed to tidy her room without bitching.

That's proper amazing that is.

Love this!

It's not that unusual amongst my DC's friends. It's about average.

Ds got his 1st in year 5 but I recoil from the whole hot housing thing so let him get there in his own time.

People often tell me I am pretty amazing but I try to keep my feet on the ground and just let the real reward be my amazing children who may well be the only real hope for the future of the planet

My niece is still only at undergraduate level but as far as I can see it's the teaching that's at fault

Why are you interested? So long as he is happy, you don't need to worry about levels.

I don't think you should read too much into it at this stage. I only stopped worrying once DS1 (just finishing yr 1) completed his PhD and secured tenure at Harvard. There's loads of over-qualified kids out there, and only a handful of really good Professorships. DD1 (3.5) is fine as she has already been offered partnership in a magic circle law firm.

I do worry about DD2 (12mo) as she's still unsure what she wants to do with her life, but (as Pagwatch says) I'm trying not to push too hard...