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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Second, [u]these are the kids that the same schools tout when they are older. They show off the kids' college acceptances[/u], National Merit Awards, etc - and use that as a selling point to other parents in admissions tours. They seem to be exactly the kind of kid the schools want, and they fete their accomplishments when they are older, but they just leave them to languish in those first 5 years. That's kinda a bummer. [/quote]

I agree with most of this post, PP, but I wanted to take issue with this point.  I think it's erroneous to posit that these are the same children.

Some of the kids going to Stanford are 'lifers,' but many many are not.   Many of those NMFs and top-20 college kids come in at middle and even high school (from DCPS and MoCo, usually).    I'm always beating this drum on these boards, but again:  those kids admitted at age 14 ARE exceptionally bright, in almost all cases.  Age 4?  Not as much.

Still, these K-12 schools shouldn't let their brightest 4th graders languish.[/quote]

It also assumes there is a direct link between giftedness and achievement.  There isn't.  Being a NMF also requires a good work ethic.  For every gifted kid with high achievement, I can show you an underachiever.  The view on this thread seems to be high IQ = high achievement = Ivy accept.  I wonder how many people putting forth this view have actually been in a group of only gifted kids?  They don't all get As and become NMFs.  I spent my entire high school career in such a group.  Everyone had an IQ of over 130; most of us way over.  Very few of us went to prestige schools, and even fewer had the kind of accolades some seem to think are automatic for gifted or profoundly gifted kids.[/quote]

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