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Article: The challenge of being gifted; Bright youths excel in special schools, but some object.(NATION)(CULTURE, ET CETERA)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- July 8, 2003
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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 ...