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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Studying is for cheaters! :)[/quote]

When it comes to tests for innate ability, yup.

Nothing more than an attempt to manipulate results to make ordinary children appear to be "gifted".[/quote]

Hilarious.  If that's really true then you wouldn't be threatened by kids who study.  It's all 'innate'?  Then how would studying help?[/quote]

Yes, all these white upper middle class children in HGCs are innately brighter. That's totally believable. [/quote]

Actually the white upper-middle-class children at my child's HGC are few and far between. It's mostly the children of upper-middle-class East Asian and South Asian immigrants. And almost all of them (says my child) did test prep classes for the middle-school magnet program. Did the test prep classes make a difference to their magnet admission/non-admission? Not as far as I can tell. The test prep classes cost a lot of money, though, and they took up a lot of time.

For reference: my child is white but not upper-middle-class (by Montgomery County standards), did not prep for the elementary-school HGC test, and did not prep for the middle-school magnet test beyond working through the materials MCPS handed out.[/quote]

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