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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Actually, schools do not differentiate the kid in the 30% from the kid in the 80%.

Also, it is shown there is a sweet spot for intelligence. The top being not so great but being right below that and having other intelligences like having a High EIQ being more valuable.

Still you continuously equate school success with life success and they are not related. A B student is not less likely to be successful than an A+ student.

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You're comparing high 90% with high 80% which isn't really that statistically significant in the grand scheme of things.  A B student isn't average, he's above average.  I thought we were talking about comparing the high-performing kids to the average kids, but you seem to be sliding away from that.

Compared to the kid who gets a lot of C's and D's the kid with a high B average is likely to do better, and will be more likely to go to college.  But the kid with the high B average also would be less likely to be the one to get a full scholarship or admission to one of the better schools than the one with more A's. [/quote]

No we are talking about GT vs. not GT, 80% is not GT. I agree a 80% kid and a GT kid (the way it is measured now) are not significantly different.

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