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I have no doubt her oldest daughter is a lovely and bright child, but , while reading at four - or subsequently reading three years above "grade level" - might be a sign of exceptional intelligence, it is equally often the product of good, attentive parenting.

While I do not know Mrs. Brookman, her well-written letter gives the impression that she is exactly the sort of parent for whom the "enrichment model" is designed - educated, suburban, middle-class (or above), and very probably (given that she has the time to write thoughtful letters to editors) one of two such parents in a stable home.

I would certainly be the last one to deny the very best, most flexible and appropriate education to her daughter. I taught about a thousand very bright kids - the teenage versions of her daughter - in the '80's (at Midlothian High School) and more recently (at the Appomattox Regional Governor's School).

Great kids, a pleasure to teach.
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