Are there a lot of Jewish people in the gifted program at public school?

[jennifer_bloom]

I was in the gifted program in high school and there were guys in my class named Adam, John, Daniel, Marc, Sasha, Dan, Dave and I wonder how many of them were Jewish. I know there were two South Asians and three East Asians and everyone else was either white or European.

[MrOracle]

Jews were banned from trades and many other jobs, so they were mostly left to "paperwork" jobs. These jobs required intelligence and education, so before long, the entire Jewish society prioritized smart, educated men for husbands, so those were the Jews most likely to reproduce.

When this selection process happens over hundreds of generations, the average intelligence improves among the group.

You don't necessarily notice this among the average, but it's a lot more noticeable at the far ends of the bell curve, where you find that almost 50% of people with an IQ over 160 are Jewish, which is astronomically high given their percentage of the overall population.

[Dargil]

There were where I was raised.

[daisydukeso]

I'm jewish and I was in the gifted program when I was in highschool :)

[AviatorTom]

I went to a Private Catholic High School and there were 2 Jewish boys in my class. Both were in the advanced program.

My kids went to Public High School and there were several Jewish boys and girls in the advanced program. There were lots of others too... not just Jewish... overall, I'd say Jewish was a minority.

[Avicenna]

That depends where you‘re talking about. But they’re outnumbered greatly by Asians these days in such programs.

[convo_king89]

depends on area. Asians and Jewish are stereotypically known for being smart.

[MiseriaCantareAFI]

I'm Jewish. I was not