In my public school system, in the suburbs of Philadelphia, admission to the gifted program was largely based on the results of IQ testing. That was back in th

In my public school system, in the suburbs of Philadelphia, admission to the gifted program was largely based on the results of IQ testing. That was back in the 1980s and 1990s; not sure how things have changed. I have to say... I thought our school system did a good job with gifted students. We had some classes with other gifted kids and a lot of classes with the school's general population. We weren't treated as elite freaks or anything, were never told we were "better", and all in all I think they did it right.