Re: I for one
sadly, "overLord of the Flies" is a more likely outcome (when 11 year olds get too much power) regardless of how smart they are.
Book smarts is one thing. Academic achievement another. But experience is the one thing that an expedient educational achiever can NOT master. And with experience, wisdom.
(I say give the kid something useful to do, but don't put him in charge)
then again, in the movie "Lord of the Flies', wasn't the smart kid the first one to get killed?