> I agree with your general point that normal education could be made much more interesting as well. Although it would partially defeat the purpose of education

> I agree with your general point that normal education could be made much more interesting as well. Although it would partially defeat the purpose of education to not prepare students for the boredom and rigid schedule of ordinary work early on. I think you're right about the need to support the specially gifted kids and that generally means treating them differently as you suggest. However I think there is scope for altering the current system to make it more interesting for the rest of the kids and possibly stir up/inspire/awaken whatever more limited "giftedness" they might have. If the aim is solely to prepare kids for the the boredom and rigidity of ordinary work I'd say we're not getting value for money. This is particularly so in places high percentage of people graduating with Bachelors or even Masters degrees.