Originally Posted by Val
Originally Posted by cricket3
I can't of course speak for all, but I know there are many parents who believe that education should benefit all of society.

Err... you make it sound like asking for an appropriate learning environment for gifted kids is somehow cheating society.

I agree that education should benefit all of society, but gifted kids are part of society, too. As the public school system operates now, it largely doesn't benefit them.

And it shortchanges us all.

Asking less than capable kids to go to college rather than votech and holding bright kids back so that they become underachievers benefits whom? No one. We waste public money and lives for what?

Again, it benefits no one and shortchanges us all.