Many of the brightest give up on formal education altogether before graduating high school. Many do not complete a college degree.
Heard straight from the horse’s mouth:
I do not like bright students in my class. They are disruptive.
-—Ms Mediocre, high school teacher
The woman immediately put her child in private school.
That does happen, and that's one of the reasons I get torqued when I see FReepers write stuff like, "We need apprenticeship programs for people who aren't bright enough to go on to college". I wonder how many bright kids who prefer working with their hands force themselves to get an MBA so they can make 30-40 grand a year, rather than make 60-80+ a year in the skilled trades because they know so many people ASSume , Bright people go to college, stupid people don't ; ergo, everyone in a job that requires a degree is smart and everyone in a job that doesn't so require is ipso facto stupid . Conversely , an ability to retain what you read and regurgitate it back in essays and on tests makes for an ability to get good grades in school and college...But does it necessarily mean a person can reason well , or possesses any originality in his thinking? I am not saying that every dropout is an unsung genius, nor am I saying everyone who does well in school at any level is of necessity a plodding mediocrity, but the attitude that not getting a college degree is automatic proof of intellectual inferiority is causing problems.
Heard straight from the horse’s mouth:
I do not like bright students in my class. They are disruptive.
-—Ms Mediocre, high school teacher
It is annoying to have students ask question above the teachers level of comprehension.
The most intelligent thing a gifted student who finds himself in the government schools can do is drop out and go directly to college.
A high school diploma indicates the recipient hasn't the foggiest concept of opportunity cost.
Main-streaming gifted and learning-disabled into average classrooms results in every child being left behind.
This is what public schools are doing.
Lots of kids who for whatever reason miss out on the Honors or AP labeling languish in “average” (translation less than mediocre) classes.
Where do you come up with this stuff? In my kid's highschool class virtually all of the bright ones went on to college.
I can think of a few extemely intelligent people who dropped out of college. They are worth millions today.