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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Folks here keep talking about "truly gifted" and describing them only in Einstein terms which would only be the category for profoundly gifted.

You do realize that there is a range of gifted from mildly gifted to profoundly gifted and that not all gifted kids give the appearance of an Einstein, don't you?? In fact, even Einstein was told he was a failure as a student and his teachers never thought of him as gifted at all. In fact, they thought the opposite of Einstein!

DC has unusual demographics with a lot of high powered, educated people here and therefore, it is quite plausible that DC has a higher concentration of gifted students here.

Those who diss gifted education, hurt disadvantaged gifted students in DC too by regulating them to classes filled with students years behind them where their needs are unlikely to be met.

As for test prep and people trying to game the system to get access to gifted education, I say so what. As long as a student can maintain passing grades in gifted education classes, then the more the merrier IMHO. School districts should also offer free test prep to any student who desires it and all children should be assessed for giftedness via traditional testing and via teacher insights.[/quote]

Yes and many of those parents can easily access ward 7 from their ward 5 and 6 homes. As for wards 2-4, they can also access them from our lovely public transportation system (free) just like ward 6 families go to ward 3 for middle. It's impossible to make every application school in the middle of the city. Even if they would it would be near Gonzaga which is still a hike for you picky WoTpers.[/quote]

Gonzaga is a straight shot on the red line. Hillcrest is at the edge of the city, no where near a metro. If all the busses are running on time, it takes a minimum of one and a quarter hours each way, and requires at least 3 bus and/or metro transfers plus walking from most of the city, from Palisades, Friendship Heights, Chevy Chase, Takoma Park (DC), and the DC side of Silver Spring. It is a two hour commute if all is running well from Barnaby Woods and other areas not near metro. Not putting an 11-year-old on crap shoot of a three-bus-transfer commute twice a day for hours is not being "picky."[/quote]

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