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Gloria, trust me, being in a regular classroom gives the academically talented person a sense of superiority. He (she) can't fail to notice that the work is much easier for him than for his classmates. I have a very academically talented 4th grade boy. His classmates tease and make fun of him, but he makes it worse by bragging about his intelligence. He is in the gifted program, but that's only for 2 hours a week. The rest of the week he is in the regular classroom.
As for how to encourage better social relations in such children, we have worked very hard at respecting adults. I don't see it as a problem if a child corrects an adult, as long as the adult doesn't get offended. If a mistake was made, the adult should cheerfully admit it. However, we do discipline for ARGUING WITH OR YELLING AT adults. The discipline has changed over time. Currently, it involves loss of the privilege of playing with his best friend for 1 day for each occurence.
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