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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]13:39 again.  I think any easy analogy to what I'm saying is athletic ability.  Everyone can practice hard and get stronger/faster, but not everyone has the innate skill to play professional-level sports.  Not every little girl can grow up to be Abby Wambach, and not every little boy can grow up to be Aaron Rodgers, no matter how much practice time they put in.  It seems the same logic applies to intellectual fields and to intelligence generally.[/quote]

I agree 100%.

Another spin on this could be that someone with an innate ability but without the skills of persistence and resilience could very likely be outdone by another person without the same degree of innate ability but with a much higher degree of persistence, resilience, etc. etc.  This is real life and it happens all the time.  This is one big reason that IQ scores don't correlate closely with achievement later in life in my opinion.

I think this is a real shame.  If every child isn't given every opporunity  to learn the skills necessary to meet their full potential (curricula as well as organization, persistence, etc) than our school systems have failed.  It happens all the time.  The gifted kids have a huge amount of potential to make a great difference in society during their lifetimes.  Most will not.  And that is fine....no one owes anyone anything.  But if talents and passions are nurtured than the sky is the limit for these children.  It is a tradgedy that society turns our backs on the very children that we will rely on when they are adults to lead and innovate for the greater good.  I'm saddened that there is no funding at all for gifted education on the federal level and no funding in most states either.  These children are left to manage their differences and do the best they can and after all, they are just children and that can't be asked of any child.
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