News, At 9 years old, Penn-Trafford High School graduate begins college. (skills, best)

[JD59]

Greek Orthodox Priest Peter Maillis was discussing his son William’s ability at age 5 to recite the English, Greek, French, Spanish and Hebrew alphabets, along with other language skills.

One day his son met a Chinese girl at school, and he learned to count to 100 in Chinese plus the primary and secondary colors and the names of family members — mother, father, etc. — in an hour.

9-Year-Old Genius Already Conquering College

[ScottPlake]

Hope he gets everything he needs. In America, we don't raise some boats we seek to lower all boats. What I mean is that there is literally little to no funding for the gifted. But millions upon millions for other special needs students.

Yes, we need to do the best we can for those outside of traditional student populations (autistic, severe learning disabilities, etc.) but that should not at the expense of our future leaders. These kids become the next Elon Musks of the world and create monumental change in their fields, and indeed in some cases our everyday lives.

Gifted is indeed a subset within the Special Education hierarchy, but we need to perhaps spend a bit more on these gifted students. Maybe instead of 95% for others and 5% for the gifted, we could even it out a bit.

Or separate the gifted from Special Education and get them there own sources with more funding.