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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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]

Oh my gosh, no!  I was that PP and definitely do not think that.  In fact, if you read through the other thread, you'll see that the biggest concern most of us as parents have is that this kids never learn the key skills you need to succeed in life: how to tackle a challenge, fail, pick yourself up  and try again.  They coast through everything (potentially through high school as well) without ever learning how to really work at something, how to really try.   And not one of us said a single word about Ivy accepts.   These kids are in Lower School - leave that kind of discussion to the high school parents.

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