The school is reserved for the top 1 percent of all applicants, and an IQ test is required. When he applied to Anderson for kindergarten, his intelligence was statistically confirmed. Not just from his parents but from any adult who has come in contact with this precocious child. Since Thomas could walk, he has constantly heard that he’s smart. They are “the smart kids.” Thomas is one of them, and he likes belonging. Thomas hangs out with five friends from the Anderson School. Unlike Bond, he prefers a uniform of cargo pants and a T-shirt emblazoned with a photo of one of his heroes: Frank Zappa. Slim as they get, Thomas recently had his long sandy-blond hair cut short to look like the new James Bond (he took a photo of Daniel Craig to the barber). 334, the Anderson School on West 84th in New York City. “Thomas (his middle name) is a fifth-grader at the highly competitive P.S.
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