You know what's more boring than watching paint dry? It's being 6 or 7 in a reading class and you already know how to read everything.
It was bad enough in my day (our day?), when the pace was set to accomodate the average student. Today I believe they attempt to set the pace for "no child left behind", but they do it at the expense of practically everybody else.
We campaigned to have our youngest put into first grade but were assured by the staff that such a move was rarely justified. Six weeks into the term we got a call that they were going to move her up because it was disrupting to the class to have her reading stories to the other children during breaks.
Our response was, "Really? Well if you think it best."