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user-inactivated · 3160 days ago · link · · parent · post: How The U.S. Is Neglecting Its Smartest Kids : NPR Ed : NPR
I'm curious. I grew up dirt poor, severe poverty, etc, and still got into gifted programs with no problem when I was a kid. Have things changed so drastically in the time since (let's say a decade or two)? On another note: my time in public schools was challenging, exciting, interesting, never felt stifled, because of the gifted programs. Once I got put into private schools, everything changed: no more gifted programs, stuck with students I was light years beyond, bored out of my mind, never challenged. edit: for more background info--the public schools I went to were in the worst part of the county, nearly the entire population was on welfare, from broken homes, gang violence, and so forth.