I agree with you again. I personally value hard work more than "talent". So it's fine with me to value high achievers over high IQs when resources are distributed. But the point should really be to accommodate each student's need and unique learning abilities and styles, instead of having a few cookie cutters, each for a loosely defined group. Is IQ 119 really that different from 121? Or 142 and 145? Or is this IQ 140 the same as another IQ 140? Yet a line is drawn somewhere and each group is given a cookie cutter.