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Re:The case for expanding rather than eliminating gifted edu... by thegrimmest on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @04:19PM (#31673408)
Yes it can, but it doesn't follow that these studies are justification for removing accountability from individuals, their households, culture, and practices. Nor does it follow that the solutions are not found in changes to individual behaviour.
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Re:The case for expanding rather than eliminating gifted edu... by corrral on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @04:36PM (#31673670)
> but it doesn't follow that these studies are justification for removing accountability from individuals, their households, culture, and practices.

Cool. I never called for that, so we're not disagreeing.

> Nor does it follow that the solutions are not found in changes to individual behaviour.

This is one of those things that's both true and useless.

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Re:The case for expanding rather than eliminating gifted edu... by thegrimmest on Thursday June 09, 2022 @12:42PM (#31683454)
> true and useless.

I'm not sure it is useless. If the problems are individual, not systemic, then the solutions lie with individual accountability, not systemic change, right?

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