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[quote=Anonymous]So, do elementary or middle school gifted programs work? Do they lead to adults who do Nobel winning research, or at least peer reviewed research? Montgomery County has a gifted program, but it's aimed at such a small percentage of the population that it's largely irrelevant to most kids in MCPS. Lots of kids go to their local feeders and do quite well for themselves, and parents pay top dollar for those feeder patterns, knowing that their kids probably won't qualify for the HGCs. On average people seem satisfied enough with the sysyem that they aren't moving. When I hear the word "gifted", I think of parents who have outgoing, verbal boys who are disruptive because they can't handle a second's worth of boredom in school, e.g. Ronan Farrow. He speaks confidently, and did well on the LSAT, but he's not curing cancer. Do he and his ilk really deserve extra resources? [/quote]
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