Bragging and Bitching

I'm not one to write one of those Christmas letters to tell all my friends and family about the last year and how great everything is and how perfect my children are and why you should be jealous because my life is perfect and yours sucks, but I am going to bitch a second about my oldest son while in the process of bragging about him.

Brag: We don't like to use the term, but our child is considered "gifted" and goes to a school for the gifted. Bitch #1: It's not even close to cheap.

Brag: His teachers tell us that he is even extremely intelligent when compared to his peers in his class. He loves to read, loves math, a very good academic kid. The only time he gets in trouble is 'free time', when he's not being challenged he gets bored and hence gets in trouble. Bitch #2: This is a problem, because if he gets bored and not always challenged at a school for the gifted, can you imagine how much trouble he'd get into if he went to a 'regular' school (that would be a whole lot cheaper)!!?

So lots of thoughts through my head now.

1. Is this really just what the teachers at expensive schools tell all the parents so we'll keep paying the outrageous tuition?
   
2. Do I want a son that is smarter than me already…and he's only in kindergarten? (Don't get me started on his questions concerning the election.)
   
3. Do I need the pressure? The economy is not good. Do I sacrifice our standard of living just to pay for his school and consider it an investment?
   
4. He has a little brother. I want him to be in the same school, preferably the gifted school, or do I? Did I mention it was expensive?
   

One thing's for sure, my parents never had to struggle with this dilemma!!