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duffyduff

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6. Probably the most offensive example of this elitist mentality is the Davidson School

Reply to iemitsu (Reply #4)

Sat Feb 23, 2013, 02:06 PM

Feb 2013

It is a charter school in Reno, Nevada, on the University of Nevada campus, that caters to the "profoundly gifted." It's been profiled in the NYT magazine. It absolutely makes me sick to my stomach these kids would be further segregated from the general population and be kept on being told how "special" and "profoundly gifted" they are when they could simply be in the general public ed population in AP classes or GT classes.

I've got news for people: There are very few slots available in the economy for the "profoundly gifted." Being "profoundly gifted" has little to do with whether they will make any more of an impact on society than we mediocrities. Connections have everything to do with who gets ahead in this society.

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Wash Post: Five habits of great students: Lessons from top-ranked STEM school [View all] n2doc Feb 2013 OP

Habit # 1: Be born into affluent, ethnic majority, socially privileged family. n/t Tanuki Feb 2013 #1

+1,000,000. Connections determine "success" in life. n/t duffyduff Feb 2013 #9

+1. what a joke. strauss is usually better than this. HiPointDem Feb 2013 #15

It's a given that a population like that LWolf Feb 2013 #2

No, but one does have to be exposed to good habits to adopt them. iemitsu Feb 2013 #4

Of course it is. LWolf Feb 2013 #5

I agree that the 5 habits, identified in the article, are good habits and iemitsu Feb 2013 #12

You don't have to persuade me. LWolf Feb 2013 #17

Me either, you commie. iemitsu Feb 2013 #18

Probably the most offensive example of this elitist mentality is the Davidson School duffyduff Feb 2013 #6

Connections have everything to do with who gets ahead in this society. n2doc Feb 2013 #11

Very good points you make about segregating gifted students iemitsu Feb 2013 #13

I argue book success has little impact on whether the child makes a pile of money as an adult duffyduff Feb 2013 #10

I'm not sure what you are trying to say here. LWolf Feb 2013 #16

Excellent questions LWolf. iemitsu Feb 2013 #19

Interesting, all a district has to do is track kids if they want more successful students. iemitsu Feb 2013 #3

Study habits have nothing to do with "success," however that is defined duffyduff Feb 2013 #7

Study habits and the knowledge acquisition that comes along with those habits iemitsu Feb 2013 #14

"Great students" do NOT equal "success" in life duffyduff Feb 2013 #8