I agree with the concerns expressed. I do see some hope, though.

The notion that if you don't nurture talent, it can go away seems to me to be a healthy call to schools to do more for GT kids, no? "Use it or lose it" is pretty simple for a teacher to understand, and it could possibly get said teacher to actually challenge a GT kid. It calls the (dumb!) notion that GT kids never need to be taught anything into question.

Kriston