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I do think the point is that the school does the kids no favors by making them announce themselves as being from”Nysmith School for the Gifted” at every opportunity, rather than just having them say they are from Nysmith and letting the winds (or lack thereof) speak for themselves. Since the kids all do this— at debate and OOTM and Math contests, etc, I assume it’s what the school tells them to do, not their choice. So, that’s not on the kids.  That’s on the school. But it is obnoxious. 
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+1  I have nothing at all against Nysmith, but the petty side of me enjoys it when my kids beat the Nysmith "School for the Gifted" kids at academic competitions.  If they simply called their school Nysmith, there would be so much less animosity.  [/quote]
I drive by Nysmith to take my kid to school most days, and the line of bumper stickers with "school for the gifted!" on them never fail to remind me of good old Midvale:

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I'm not knocking private (our old kid is in private because it's a better fit) or gifted kids (younger one is actually gifted, just not advertised as such), it just comes across to me as not being that different than buying a designer bag with the biggest logos one can find.  Were it just "Nysmith School" and they didn't insist upon including "for the Gifted" at every possible turn, it would fly completely under the radar.  I don't even feel animus toward it, it's just cartoonish.[/quote]

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