Right, but that doesn't sound like it's been a political issue for a long time now. What you experienced sounds similar to my own experience in NZ, which basica

Right, but that doesn't sound like it's been a political issue for a long time now. What you experienced sounds similar to my own experience in NZ, which basically came down to teachers or schools being unable to adequately stimulate smart kids. Standardised education in most places is generally pretty bad at dealing with non-standard kids at both ends of the spectrum actually, but they tend to apply more resources to kids who are struggling than the clever ones.