Gifted Issues Discussion homepage Forums General Discussion 'Outliers', anyone reading it??

That's right -


Jojo -we're in!

gladwell's argument only applies to situations where different levels of early identification lead to different access to resources (like a skating rink)

School is completely different, the access to learning is distributed without regard to ability. In fact, if one is high ability, then their access to 'meaningful' learning opportunities is severly limited unless they are accomidated.
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