That's true. �I had kind of the same thought when I read about the teenage entrepreneurs in silicon valley. �They made successful businesses. �Their parents gave them 10,000 - 100,000 start up capital and they had mentors. �Still, not everybody can succeed given that same opportunity or else it wouldn't have been newsworthy. �
That's probably why all the research into gifted development seems to revolve around identifying underrepresented minorities and re-writing tests to identify a broader talent base. �But what can you do with them once you've found them? �You don't have a job or fancy lab equipment to offer every worthy student in the world.
But it's still great what these kids did with their opportunity. �There's grown men with college degrees running businesses into the ground, yet these high-schoolers were successful. �And still- 15 yrs. old and curing cancer already. �Wow!
Maybe somebody could research if underprivileged kids do less with their lives because of lack of resources, or if the lack of resources creates a lack if vision, that they just never feel free to �develop a dream and pursue it. �If that's the case maybe reading more fantasy books would help.
