Originally Posted by Val
Originally Posted by 22B
Is this the most recent case of a fake PG child? It seems like an extremely rare phenomenon.

I suspect that this case was merely the most extreme to date. Otherwise, if you think about all the test prep that goes into admissions for gifted schools, crafting a gifted child is a common phenomenon. Think about it: the kindergarten test prep industry in New York City is huge. Most of these people are probably faking up MG children, but I suspect that more people would fake HG+ if they could get away with it.

And let's not forget that everyone has to go to college and everyone has to be HG+ in many American high schools. This trend presumably leads many parental units to test prep, giftedness fakery, and all sorts of other educational malfeasance.

Okay, it's the extremely rare tip of a much larger, less extreme iceberg.