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    I'm using this quote!
    #83257 08/23/10 08:30 AM
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    From Unwrapping the Gifted which I mistakenly typed in Google as Unwarping the Gifted. It actually fits with the post. laugh
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    I love how Helen Schinske said it: "Closing the achievement gap by pushing down the top is like fostering fitness by outlawing marathons."
    http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/unwrapping_the_gifted/2010/08/a_tale_of_two_trees.html#comments
    Re: I'm using this quote!
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    What a beautifully written essay! I'm sharing this with my children's teachers.

    When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do. Walt Disney
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    Inky, you'd be the busiest shrink in the world if you could. smile

    Youth lives by personality, age lives by calculation. -- Aristotle on a calendar
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    Probably a bad sign that the phrase "Doctor, heal thyself" comes to mind! wink
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    That brought tears to my eyes. I love it! thanks Inky! Nan

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