I agree that approximately 85% of the time, the ones in charge are the popular people rather than the smartest people. This may be especially prevalent in the public school system. Many teachers consider themselves and their own children to be gifted. The reason is that they were successful bright students who received top grades. They were probably at the same intelligence level (bright to MG on average?) as their teachers who enjoyed them as students because they felt personnel and professional validation in teaching and training them at the right level at the right age.
Our highly, exceptionally, and profoundly gifted children are not as well liked by many teachers. No one likes to believe that their effort and expertise has no positive impact. Others simple cannot acknowledge that a child may be more (potentially) intelligent than they are.
Most of this problem is brought on by the education experts themselves by constructing artificial concerns and very real barriers such as lock step grades and refusal to create ability groupings because someone�s feelings might get hurt. I believe that they do have a very difficult time teaching to so many different levels within one classroom! That is why many refuse to accommodate their extremely smart and twice exceptional students. Their self-imposed barriers are the reason that many of us fail to commiserate.
