LilMsLadyPoet16 Dec 2005

Academically and intellectually gifted children are identified throughout student populations, among the poor and uneducated, and from homes where the parents are illiterate. This I know to be a fact. I have been involved in gathering stories of children that far exceed their circumstances. An AIG teacher and services coordinator identified a pocket of AIG children, within rural NC, who were African-American, many performing below grade level, and from homes far below the poverty level. Every study you seem to believe would counter the situation I just stated. I believe that it is not a matter of high intelligence not existing in the population. I think that the problem lies in the fact that no one is really looking! I have personally seen SO many situations and people that go against what you state. Have I (and others) been, seemingly against all odds, finding high IQ’s among the poor? Do we identify those who somehow beat the ‘odds’, ‘averages’, and ‘findings of studies’? If you start with an assumption, then you can find a study somewhere to support your statement.