Originally Posted by Cricket2
People cheat, test over and over, prep for tests, get their kids in through any alternate means that exists, and teachers lose touch with what gifted actually looks like because they don't get many kids in the GT programs who are actually gifted. Rather than these kids not making it in these classes, what we've seen is that the programs change to meet the needs of the kids who are actually in them. I doubt that most of our GT classes and program would meet the needs of MG kids and they certainly have not for my kids, who are HG+.

Cheating, excessive prepping, and "alternate means" are used to get kids onto select sports teams, too.

It has been described to me by more than one person that selection to the competitive little league team in my area depends more on who you know than how talented your kid is.