[Cowgirl of Justice]

I was in the GT program in elementary school. We started out with full on teachers in 1st grade and over time, we were put in the corners with our schoolbooks to ‘learn on our own’ while the teachers focused on the remedial (all minority) students who basically knew only colors and numbers in the 4th grade.

By the 5th grade, I was at the level of my classmates. In 1st grade, I was reading at a 7th grade level.

Leveling the playing field. Typical dem BS. Instead of raising everyone, they tear everyone down to their lowest common denominator.

[Skywise]

I went to grade school before gifted programs existed but I was reading at a 4th grade level in 1st grade. By 2nd grade they couldn’t figure out what to do with me so they just put me in with the “advanced”2nd grade reading group who were still reading the 2nd grade reader I had read the previous year.

[Myrddin]

I was subjected to "testing" in 2nd grade in math and language skills. The "testing" had droned on for over 90 minutes and I was just bored with it. I terminated the session over the varying meanings of "chilly" or "chili" or "chile". If I had understood the intent of the testing or ramifications of shutting them down, I might have allowed it to continue. The tester placed me at 7th grade level in math and language skills. That was the end of it. At the time I was reading the biography of Nikola Tesla and learning how tube based electronic circuits worked. There was no "GT" program at my school.