Denver Public Schools

The Denver Public School System is lowering it's standards for the gifted and talented program. Simply writing that statement makes me want to puke. But they feel there is not enough diversity in the program, so they are lowering the standards so that more students who are economically disadvantaged or non-native English speakers qualify for the program. DISGUSTING!!!

And, here is the e-mail I sent to the DPS administrators. Think I get a response?!?!

I can only assume the people responsible for lowering the standards of the gifted and talented program were themselves not. As educators, you are supposed to be enabling future generations for greatness. All you are teaching these kids is that the 75th percentile is good enough to be great. Congratulations on pandering to the idiot masses and making our truly gifted be taught to the lowest common denominator. We shouldn't change our standards because there is some third world child who doesn't live up to them. Children need to know that in the real world, you don't always qualify and you don't always succeed. It requires hard work and learned skills. If a child really wants to be part of the gifted and talented program, they should spend less time playing video games and sitting on Myspace. They should, instead, be reading and attending museums (both of which are free, so even the "ecnomically disadvantaged" have these at their disposal) to broaden their horizons and life experiences. Then, if they qualify, can enroll in the gifted and talented programs the following year. Give them something to work towards....don't just give them something.