This heartfelt statement, from parents of an exceptionally gifted child, was reported to Professor Gross as she charted the educational progress of a group of such young people in Australia. The second edition of this 20-year study follows this highly intelligent group into adulthood.
Professor Gross's research is concerned with children with IQs in the range of 160 to 200. Few teachers will come into contact with such children in their careers. With such prodigious intelligence, by comparison, normally bright pupils may appear to be intellectually impaired.
Sadly, parents faced an uphill struggle to provide their children with appropriate intellectual challenge within the school system. They were often viewed with deep suspicion, regarded as being "pushy".
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