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[quote=Anonymous][quote]"Students living in poverty, particularly those whose parents are uneducated or speak English as a second language, are less likely to develop verbal skills measured by traditional intelligence tests. [i]But that doesn’t mean they’re not gifted. Assessments that measure spatial and mathematical intelligence as well as[b] curiosity and leadership abilities [/b]are more likely to identify a diverse crop of gifted students, experts say[/i]." [/quote]

This was the part of the discussion that made me choke on my bagel.

It is my opinion, evidently not shared by some experts, that you need to be gifted in the matter at hand.  In school, that means generally reading, writing, 'rithmatic   Maybe sometimes the arts, if the program is one like Julliard and not TJ.

So because the matter at hand in a public school is reading/math, [u]then the kids should be gifted in those areas[/u].

I happen to be exceptionally gifted at baking pies, sewing costumes and gardening.  Really, I am, I have an innate gift.  But I'd never make it into TJ right now because I would flub the entrance exam -- [b]and that's OK[/b].    There's a better fit for my "gifts" out there (the Culinary Institute?  a landscape design firm?)

The public school gifted program doesn't have to be all things to all people, nor should it.  It's OK to stick to the original and long-running mission of public schools.
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