Has your child been diagnosed as an asymettrical learner?

My 9 yr old does very well in school and we have been told by every teacher that he is extremely bright. The problem is that he also cries very easily and disrupts the cl this way. We took him to a doctor who confirmed that he was intellectually above his peers, but his abilities at emotional control are lower. He told us it is called asymettrical learning (sorry if the spelling is wrong). In this case a child developes at two rates. Their intellect is sped up but basically "something else has to give in order for one thing to be more than the norm". In this case, it is emotions. At his age he is already well versed on ancient history, read the Iliad and the Odyessy but will cry at school if he loses his place in line (to lunch, for example). We have had to go into the school to talk to the teacher about him correcting her (he was right, proved it and she didn't like that) but also to talk about emotional outbursts. Is anyone else in a similar situation? Suggestions, please.