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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You don’t know who’s going to turn the wheel forward, OP. Maybe it’s someone has been identified as academically gifted, and maybe it isn’t.

I have a “genius” IQ and while I am living a perfectly nice life, I haven’t changed the world. I certainly know people with much less intellectual horsepower who have had a much bigger impact.

Gifted kids deserve a good education, but that’s because all kids do, not because they’re more important than other kids. [/quote]

You want to play semantics. All the people who have had a meaningful impact on society have been geniuses in their respective areas. Not all geniuses will do something impactful, but you can’t if you don’t have the genius in you.

I never said that gifted kids are more important. On the contrary, I said that they deserve their fair chance and should not be sacrificed. If two more kids should receive services do one gifted one can, than so be it. Don’t sacrifice the gifted because you’re not exactly sure who the gifted are. [/quote]

With all due respect, it’s a little silly to say gifted kids move the world forward and the rest are followers. I have several advanced degrees and work in one of the very highly learned professions. I worked with many so called gifted kids (adults.) Their boss wasn’t gifted. My point is, it takes much more to succeed than being gifted on paper. You need to communicate well and confidently, have social skills, etc. You don’t need to be “gifted.” You can be extremely smart and a hard worker with awesome communication skills and a great personality. I took many AP classes and I’m not gifted. But I soared much ahead of the gifted folks because I am much better in the softer skills. There is MUCH more to success than being one of the MANY gifted kids in FCPS. 🙄[/quote]

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