"Krztalizer" wrote in message
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Do you think that above is somehow due to that is discussed below?

Michael


from "Notes from a Big Country" by Bill Bryson

There are idiots in every country, Michael, obviously. In my son's
elementary
class, there are 22 kids; fifteen of them were tested for the GATE program
and
of 22 'average American kids' (five immigres from Eritrea, one from Iraq,
four
from Mexico, two from Somalia + six caucasian children and four latinos
that
were born in the USA), three qualified for Gifted and Talented programs -
none
of these were from overseas.

Three of 22 is a pretty high yield of 5%'ers.