Sorry Lady -- DC Privates ARE filled with gifted kids...

[Anonymous]

Troll. Just trying to provoke.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The consensus on this board (per the other thread) seems to be that ....

I don't agree with this summary as a consensus view. It seems to represent the view of that thread's OP and just 2-3 other people, and certainly not everyone who participated in that thread.

Better yet, why not provide the "consensus view"?

I can't provide my version because I don't think there was any consensus on these issues.

[Anonymous]

Actually, aside from the threads of the last day or two (and I don't know what the consensus is on those is because I go lost amongst the sub-threads), if you read the private board here, a reasonable takeaway is that the big 3, 4, 7, 10 schools are filled to capacity with kids all scoring 95% and up on their entrance tests. A skewed sample for sure, but the large majority of posters throw in "98.6%", "99.2%", "97.9%" etc. any time they have the opportunity to mention a score.

[Anonymous]

Actually, many of them are full of rich kids whose parents or grandparents donate gobs of money to the annual fund.

[Anonymous]

My child is gifted. She is extraordinary because she is ordinary
There are no kids like that in DC

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Actually, many of them are full of rich kids whose parents or grandparents donate gobs of money to the annual fund.

Bitter? Because your statement is not true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My child is gifted. She is extraordinary because she is ordinary
There are no kids like that in DC

I have no idea what this means or is intending to convey. Can anyone translate?

[Anonymous]

Sure. It's so mundane in this area for everyone to see their child(ren) as uniquely special (but in a generic sort of way -- e.g. IQ) that the kid who presumably would really stand out in this crowd is the one who is ordinary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Actually, many of them are full of rich kids whose parents or grandparents donate gobs of money to the annual fund.

Bitter? Because your statement is not true.

Nope. Not bitter. Just telling the truth.

[Anonymous]

Read through the other thread. Talk to parents at the schools who have seen the ERB data from the admins.

The consensus on this board (per the other thread) seems to be that - in the lower schools - the range seems to be from 70-99+, with the big cluster around 80th percentile. (eg IQs between 113-125)

There are a handful of 98-99% kids in each grade (iqs 130-140). A profoundly gifted kid (150+) every few years.

The profile looks different in the Upper Schools/High Schools.

No profoundly gifted child would survive the dull and doldrum education offered in D.C. area private schools. I can't imagine why such children and their families would ever even consider the typical D.C. area private school.

[Anonymous]

Why is it that your ignorance and your inability to imagine what (and how) a profoundly gifted kid would learn at a excellent school is somehow supposed to convince the rest of us that local privates are mediocre?

[Anonymous]

You hit it on the nail's head. Local private schools are mediocre.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/01/22/17-gifted-children/

This is quite funny! Although, I do know people from other races that suffer the same delusion. Of course, my child really is very gifted. I give him way too many gifts every Christmas.

[Anonymous]

LOL PP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You hit it on the nail's head. Local private schools are mediocre.

How are the schools in your home country?