Lucounou mentioned his son's love of art, flair for imaginative storytelling, "fantastic verbal linguistic ability," and reasoning and argumentation ability. Math is just one of his skills, and not necessarily the strongest one. It's not at all clear that the NAPS proposal would be a good match for him.

This whole thread strikes me as a bit ironic. On the one hand, you bemoan the fact that people in the mainstream educational establishment aren't likely to be geniuses themselves, and so don't really "get" gifted children. On the other hand, your proposal seems to be based on the idea that our most intelligent and capable young people should be channeled into studying math and the physical sciences. Maybe it would be of greater benefit to our society if a good chunk of them became teachers, psychologists, and even (though it makes me cringe to say it wink ) politicians and lawyers.


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