... my primary school. Unfortunately, I still found that the work was not challenging. When my brother and I asked our maths teachers if we could be advanced, they merely laughed themselves silly along with the rest of the teachers in the maths department (that we had gone to with our maths teachers to discuss our request further). Even after showing them a sample of our work that we had completed at home (yes, we were still studying off our own backs at home). We had also asked if they would allow us to sit a GCSE mock exam (to prove our abilities), but the teacher in charge of the gifted children's programme merely looked at the size of me and lead the rest of the staff present into a chorus of laughter upon being told that I was only twelve. Incidentally, we both sat the exam as private candidates and ...

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