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The challenge of being gifted; Bright youths excel in special schools, but some object.

Publication: The Washington Times
Publication Date: 08-JUL-03 		Format: Online - approximately 1064 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: The challenge of being gifted; Bright youths excel in special schools, but some object.(NATION)(CULTURE, ET CETERA)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Laura Vanderkam, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Brennan Johnson was always a speedy learner. In her Delhi, Iowa, elementary school, she raced through books meant for much-older children. In middle school, she earned straight A's without trying. Her classes bored her to distraction. But her school had nothing more challenging to offer, and given her family's finances they relied on public assistance for a while few people expected much from her.

"I had one seventh-grade teacher who told me that I was going to be a real success, but no one else had too much faith in me," Miss Johnson says.

Then in eighth grade she moved to Des Moines, Iowa, where she could attend Central Academy, the city's half-day school for gifted secondary students. There, Miss Johnson discovered a different world, of youths who soaked up information and teachers who shared their zeal.

"I didn't have to dumb myself down or pretend to be accepted," she...

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