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Typically they do end up in the top percent not just by IQ but in grades and elsewhere as well.  My experience has been that the kids that were in G&T were also valedictorian, et cetera - otherwise generally top in their classes and most got scholarships for college.  One for example was also in the top 0.5% nationally on the PSAT and ended up getting a full scholarship to an Ivy.[/quote]

I'll put my anecdotes against yours: A lot of the "non-gifted" kids in my high school class have done as well or better in their careers than the "gifted" kids.[/quote]

Well, if the gifted kids in your high school had been better supported by the school and community (like the athletes, I presume), maybe they would have excelled at a much greater rate.  The fact that you put quotes around the words gifted and non-gifted is further evidence of my point: many people are hostile, or at least very suspicious, of gifted people.  I cannot imagine that you would use a similar qualifier to describe gifted athletes or musicians.  The intellectually gifted are a threat to so many.  The are called " scary smart" or something similar.  No one seems similarly threatened by other types of superior talent.  It's really a shame that the intellectually gifted are not better supported, and celebrated, in our society.[/quote]

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