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That's not at all what was being said.  There [i]are[/i] many kids in DC public schools [i]who have been tested to have very high IQ[/i] but whose needs are not being met by the DCPS system.

30 pages and you still didn't comprehend that basic reality that there are indeed children [i]who test with high IQ, for whom traditional curriculum is not enough and whose needs are not being met (and yes, many do indeed get bored as a result)[/i], and instead, once again you insisted on repeating your same old stale, backward-logic nonsense about "oh, my little Johnny is bored, therefore he must be gifted, no need for testing, just give me the program".  Nobody here but you has ever suggested that boredom is an indicator of giftedness.  What's been said is that all kids can get bored.  But more to the point regarding gifted children is that gifted children may more easily get bored in class because it moves at far too slow of a pace and is too repetetive for gifted learners, and that they can benefit from acceleration and additional challenge from the normal curriculum.  That's an entirely different concept from what you keep repeating.[/quote]

[b]We heard you the 1st time. And the next 100 times. [b]We don't agree with you. [/b]You just don't want to accept that.[/b]

By "many" you mean maybe 1,000-1,500 kids with IQs of 130 or more (you're [i]such[/i] a sleazy debater). Compare that to thousands of kids who arrive in K not ready for school and thousands more high schoolers who can't read, and don't get me started on the many other needy populations in DC. Then take a good, long look at DC's budget.

We have asked you why it's reasonable for your kid to take away money from other kids. [b]You never responded.[/b]

Time to put up or shut up. NOW.
1. Explain why DC should take money away from other kids and give it to your kid. 
2. Solve all the concerns about creating elite enclaves.

If you can't/won't answer these questions, you need to move your selfish, entitled butt to the burbs and get DC tested for GT there.[/quote]

Talk about sleazy debating, that's a big fat red herring.

Nobody ever said anything about taking money away from other kids.  No money has to be taken away from other kids in order to have a G&T program.  The schools in the burbs manage to offer G&T and do so spending LESS per student than DCPS.  End the gross financial mismanagement at DCPS and there's more than enough money to meet the needs of ALL students.

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