Here's what caught my eye:
The growing fascination with giftedness is part natural impulse to see our offspring as special, part wanting to be sure a child's needs are met and maybe a bit of hoping for a competitive edge in the increasingly cutthroat school-admission process -- or bragging rights.
So everyone is fascinated by giftedness, huh? Hmm. From what I've seen, the fascination ends where the real giftedness begins.
I guess that sounds pretty cynical, but from what I've seen most parents of truly GT kids don't talk about it outside family and very close friends, keep quiet when others brag about how brilliant their kids are, etc. And of course, we all know how school employees can react.
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