Given the level of education in this country today it doesn’t take much to be ‘gifted’.
We are currently at 31 year lows in SAT scores.
California’s public schools are dropout factories – it really amuses me to read about people picking a certain neighborhood because of the ‘great’ public schools.
If you really care about education you have to send your kids to private schools and take an active role in their education.
If being able to afford private schools means renting instead of paying $800K-$2mil for a low-quality tract home in north county then so be it.
And besides the education factor, the biggest influence you can have on your children is to control their peer group. You do this by sending them to private schools so they aren’t rubbing shoulders with the kids in public schools who are just waiting to drop out.
