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Sorry Lady -- DC Privates ARE filled with gifted kids...
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Anonymous
| They wouldn't have gotten in otherwise. The other thread is ridiculous and jealous |
Anonymous
The other thread defines gifted differently from you. Your thread sounds a bit ignorant. |
Anonymous
| Are big 3 or 5 or 7, whatever, filled with 90+% kids? 95+% kids? 98+%kids? |
Anonymous
| UGH! You parents and your talk about giftedness are so odious. Get over the fact that even if your kid got a high score on whatever test you think is the holy grail that they are not necessarily God's gift to earth and that the plain ol' "average" kids who you think are such a drag in their classrooms may end up having happier and more successful lives, especially if they are not hounded by mothers who are obsessed with "giftedness." UGH. |
Anonymous
Too bad you didn't read the thread. Or you would have seen the points about how the lifers who were admitted for preK and K are generally not as good as the kids admitted for MS or HS. And something about ERB scores being around 80%. And lots more. I recommend reading the thread, not just acting like a typical internet dick and commenting on something you didn't read. |
Anonymous
Oh man.....I have no words..... |
Anonymous
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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. |
Anonymous
Thanks for saving us the time. Nice summary. |
Anonymous
You win the thread ... so far ..... |
Anonymous
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What does "gifted" really mean? Some school districts seem to be like Lake Wobegon, where it seems that virtually all children are viewed as above average. Parents actually threaten litigation if their kid isn't designated as "gifted." Yet, at least in my experience, "gifted and talented" programs are kind of a waste of time.
As for independent schools, it would be better to say that most kids are "advantaged" (in lots of different respects) than "gifted." |
Anonymous
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. Perhaps it's correct, and perhaps not -- impossible to prove either way. But it's definitely not a consensus. I agree though that the OP of this particular thread is a jerk. Maybe we can reach consensus on that? |
Anonymous
| My DD goes to one of those schools. She was admitted in MS and she does have a really high IQ but she is not capable of working several grades ahead and never has been. She's a really smart kid and she is definitely set apart from the other kids socially. I have asked her about this a lot because I was hoping she wouldn't be so isolated there. She says that the kids who were admitted in MS seem to be extremely gifted in one way or another but the kids who have been there since the early grades all have tutors and seem like regular kids. She has made some good friends but she is not really part of the group. |
Anonymous
Better yet, why not provide the "consensus view"? |
Anonymous
I'm another poster who doesn't agree this is the concensus view from the other thread. That thread had a lot of anecdotal evidence and single data points gleaned from cocktail parties. It makes sense to me that top schools aren't interested in having a whole class of 90-99th percentile kids, that instead schools want kids who are good in music and art and athletics, and also they have to accept those legacies and siblings and political appointees. But I don't have any data to prove it, and I'm not sure any of us does. Yes, the OP of this particular thread is a jerk. I think we can all agree! |