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I went to the best high school in Australia, James Ruse. At that level gifted education is not really a question of 'gift' anymore but a question of outside tutoring. I was pretty much the only person in my grade that did not do tutoring. Some of my friends essentially had a second school that they would attend for the same length of time as actual school. This is also the reason that Ruse is 99% Asian and selective schools more generally overrepresent Asians; it seems like it's much more likely, culturally, for Asians to send their kids to tutoring than other groups. That's why can't I take seriously any of the hysteria about China taking over because of their 'superior work ethic' that you sometimes see; I've seen these kids, and a) they all did their assignments at the last minute and b) it wouldn't be that bad if they did take over because they are all perfectly normal people, not robots. Their parents just pay a man to lock them in a dungeon until they're able to integrate by parts at age 13.