Recently, the question of the state of the education systems in America has been a rising topic in various political and educational arenas. The concentration of this topic has been the service to different genders, socio-economic backgrounds, and races yet the demographics of IQ’s and how the system is nurturing each child’s potential has been neglected. The purpose of schools and educators alike is to nurture children to their full potential, and not to average therefore the new mentality of cutting funding for gifted programs in order to fund special education programs is defeating the purpose of socialized education. For the first time in my life, I have questioned the American idea of egalitarianism, the objective in American public schools to spend billions of tax money a year on bringing low IQ and special education children to average is hurting the most intelligent young Americans, and ultimately the future of our country.
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