When I first started blogging, I wrote a few posts about the insanity of getting Jonah into one of the gifted schools in NYC. About that time, we decided that moving to the suburbs was better than dealing with that nonsense.

The public schools in NYC have several excellent gifted schools. They are free, public schools. The middle class in NYC have figured out how to rig the system to get their kids into those schools. Some of those kids are genuinely smart. But many parents hire tutors to help their kids get through the rough entrance tests.

Those tests are rough. We did one of the tests with Jonah, who did fine. His spacial ability was high enough to pull up his scores on verbal skills. But the process was horrible. He hated being put in a room with a stranger and being asked questions. I couldn't put him through any more hurdles.

Amy P sent me a link to a documentary on the craziness.