ianrandalstrock (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} ianrandalstrock) wrote, |
I think that's another aspect of the social engineering end of things: how can a school board or other elected official justify spending more money on someone who can succeed without it? It's much more politically expedient to spend the extra money on the "needy". Again, short-term political benefit versus long-term real-world benefit. But even the acknowledgement that there are gifted students who need additional help is an improvement. When I was in elementary school, the "gifted" program was that I skipped third grade. True, it kept me a bit more interested (although my handwriting still sucks—third grade was when they taught writing in script), but by far the greater part of my educational "enrichment" came from my parents, who were interested and very active.
