I had a student who was really floundering: bored, stoned, getting in trouble but utterly brilliant. He'd sleep/drool all week long, come in Friday and ace one of my notoriously tough chemistry quizzes. It infuriated everyone!
To him, school stood in the way of what he wanted to do. His parents were successful entrepeneurs and he wanted to do that, too. He needed a bigger challenge a classroom could offer and he knew that if there was something he really needed to learn, he was smart enough to pick it up along the way.
So I took him aside one day and shared what I had observed about him and told him about Llewellyn's book- that it was for kids like him who were ready to move beyond the classroom- and that I had a copy he could borrow if he were interested.
He said (this is a quote): "Naw, thanks. I don't read."