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[b]Statistically speaking,[/b] [b]there are easily thousands of kids in the DC area [/b]with IQs of 140, 150, 160 and above.  And of those, there's a big percentage for whom the typical IB DCPS school offers little or nothing to help them reach their full potential.  And of those - while some families may have the means and resources to afford alternatives like enrichment, privates or moving somewhere that supports it, many cannot afford it.  And those students end up being underserved with their needs not met by DCPS.  And, it's sad because many school districts around the country with significantly less money to spend per student than DCPS ARE able to serve their G&T community in a viable manner.  There's really no valid reason why DCPS cannot.  Instead, they are mired in financial mismanagement and backward attitudes - and really, that's the only reason why these students are underserved.[/quote]

"statistically speaking":

There are approx 650,000 people in DC. I know you said "DC area" but we are talking about DCPS here.

Of which approx 17.3% or 112,450 people are under age 18.

Of which:

between 430 and 700 kids have IQ over 140

between 50 and 100 kids have IQ over 150

between 3 and 10 kids have IQ over 160

The ranges depend on which rarity scale you are using.

Now, this assumes:

1) all of these kids are in DCPS, not private schools. yeah, right.
2) DC attains the average IQ stats per population. Note that crack and alcohol during pregnancy tend to reduce IQ. Not trying to be harsh.

So we could spend money so that 3-10 kids in all of DC can learn the theory of relativity in grade 3. Or we can focus on the tens of thousands of kids who cannot read at grade level. Hmmmm......

If there is anything about which DCUM parents bullshit the most, it must be how gifted their kids are.

BTW if your kid truly understands string theory, Higgs Boson, like at a real, deep level, at the age of 7, then he is one in a billion. There are fewer than 100 ADULTS in the world who truly understand these things. More likely, he has a cocktail party understanding of the ideas which makes him sound very smart because everyone knows these are exotic physics concepts, so people are impressed. But statistically speaking it is more likely that he is a very smart kid whose parents have fed him info about these things and he's grasped enough to talk about it a little. Nothing wrong with that by the way - he'll probably go on to be very successful.

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