[GSlob]

Far from every gifted child would grow into something extraordinary, but those growing into something extraordinary disproportionally come from the "gifted" group. Thus it is good to look at it as an enrichment process in, say, precious metal mining.
The "gifted" group is an ore concentrate, not pure platinum. And yes, some metal is left in tailings. But mining platinum necessarily involves concentrating the ore and then processing the concentrate. Same here.
Murray and Herrnstein in their "Bell Curve" documented some of it: it is this group [not exclusively - there will be exceptions, but predominantly]- rises up no matter what, and it is in our shared interest that they get the best possible education, among other things.

[after dark]

Because you are not limiting the choices of the "dullards", the "retards" and the just plain normal, I am not offended by your position ,however the examples listed by another poster disprove the assumption that genius is as simple as a Mensa membership card.

[Tired of Taxes]

I'm a homeschool parent of three, and I've come to see that a child puts out exactly what is put in. The key isn't to separate kids according to ability, but to begin with all kids at a very young age. Not at government-type schools, or schools where kids are stuck together in one classroom. Parents can start their children early at home simply by teaching them the alphabet, phonics, and simple math as young as age one. And, most importantly, make sure that everything to which they have access has educational merit.

I have one child who probably would be considered "gifted", but I reject that term because it suggests that some people are born naturally more intelligent than others. And that's not really true. While a small percentage of people may have a mental handicap that cripples their ability, the vast majority would advance more rapidly if they were given enough attention and restricted access to only things with educational merit. And, even if those things aren't provided at an early age, people still have a chance to advance later.

There are some issues when, for example, your young child is reading at an advanced level. I always worried about what books he might get his hands on... Just because a young child can read and understand older topics, doesn't mean that he should...

Not sure what you meant in your first post about the "Brown decision," btw.