3rd grade is multiplication tables territory. That's deadly boring even when you haven't mastered it yet.
Not for me. I got into a competition with the other smarty pantses in the class to see who could get passed to 12x12 first. We all stayed after school one day in a round robin competition being quizzed by the teacher.
Although my 8-year-old son likes his teacher, he is frequently bored at school. He attends a high quality suburban public school in the United States. He has a lot of traits in common with LessWrong readers, and we would like advice for what he can do to counter his boredom. Many of you must have found grade school more or less tedious. What were your coping strategies?