just annoys me. i left NYC area a year ago, along with all the tuition i was paying to a private gifted school where DS was bored and unchallenged, many of the kids just had the money to go there and they seem to have a flexible minimum IQ to keep those seats full. i heard of tutoring as early as gr K and of course many in that situation eventually dropped out.
People were freaking out in PreK and K about going to top high schools (then you see little johnny standing there oblivious with his finger up his nose) I knew families on waiting lists in NYC that drove an hour to school out of their burough for kindergarten because they needed the gifted ed. and couldn't get it meanwhile the spot they needed is taken up by kids that had IQ test prepping etc
i couldn't stand the parents any longer either, you know the ones with the Special Ray of Gifted Sunshine for kids (you know, not gifted, dad does the math, mom makes the science fair projects, they funded every field trip and the new playground equipment :P Sorry, venting.
