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Re:The case for expanding rather than eliminating gifted edu... by hintymad on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @01:43PM (#31671203)
Fair question. My assumption is that the US schools offer students enough exposure and resources of advanced topics, to the point that top students will find their way. For instance, libraries, vast resources on the internet, community colleges, programs with local universities, and etc.

The assumption can be challenged, of course.

Case in point, this problem on Stackexchange was from a high-school homework. I think it's advanced enough for students: https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/711174/calculati...

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Re:The case for expanding rather than eliminating gifted edu... by Tyr42 on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @02:06PM (#31671620)
Getting out of doing the "boring busywork" is part of the advantage of being in the gifted class too though. Just doing both sets of work isn't a solution.
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