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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Reality sucks. But here it is. I have five kids. Of the five one is amazingly intelligent. She graduated with a 4.45 GPA and is a National Merit Scholar. She was always in "highly gifted programs" in every state we lived in. And we moved about every three years. She was accepted to every school she applied to and is on a full academic scholarship. We were encouraged to allow her to start college when she was 14. We chose not to do so. When she left for college, she entered as a junior. She scored high on every test she took...SAT, ACT, PSAT...... We never prepped. She never had a tutor. She watched tons of television. She had a computer in her room (I know...GASP!). And the real shocker....we moved to D.C. from Ala-freakin-bama her junior year. She still scored higher than 99.9% of kids in Fairfax County. [/quote]

Absolutely fascinating:

1.  What college/university is she attending or attended?
2.  Did she go on to graduate school?
3.  Did she take any AP exams in high school?  How many?  What were her scores?
4.  Has she received any national awards in anything?
4.  Does she have a job now?

Half the kids around here make the honor roll.  In some schools here over 20% are straight A students.  I am sure the educational standards in Alabama a top in the nation.  What percentage of kids there make the honor roll or have a GPA above 4.00.

My experience with the public education system here is the average kid can do very well, despite the lack of challenge (low bar) , and watch lots of TV (TV in bathroom too).  But, most would not survive a challenging and rigorous education at a top flight college of university.

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