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    [quote]...The point here is that there are kids out there that operate on a different level of understanding and ability - and not all just because their parents invested in them, they had good teachers or a good school district - and programs like HGC are meant to reach those children. The test is supposed to try to identify kids that have such [b]skills[/b] - it is not supposed to be something you study for. But certainly you can, and clearly people do.... And clearly people have different views on what the HGC's are for - some want to escape their home school - some think it is a magic ticket to "get ahead" - while others want their child to be challenged for the first time in their educational experience - or want their children to find classmates who they can related to academically. I suspect the way parents in the first two groups feel about the test is very different than those in the second two groups.

It's amazing how mean this whole thread has gotten....[/quote]

[quote]What [b]skills [/b]are you talking about? Are these skills desirable? Can you study for these skills? If so, and these skills are desirable in our children, why shouldn't all children study for these skills. Isn't this the moral thing to do? On the other hand, if you can't study for these skills because you are born with them, what's all the fuss about. [/quote][/quote]

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