Consolidation of GATE program facts

This is a thread which shall attempt to consolidate know 'facts' about the GATE program. This is what I could come up with by reading though the original post/searching online for a bit. Add in what you can remember!


Intelligence Tests:


Tangrams,

Mastermind,

IQ tests (multiple battery,)

Aptitude Tests (esp. military?)

Learning style test (?)

Speed/Critical Information Reading training (upwards of 10,000 pages per week with acceptable absorption of key information {&#8776;15%} becomes possible [<?though unlikely?>],)


Psychological Tests:


Learning style test (x)

Behavior (at play, in class, at home, & alone vs. w/ peers [x],)

^Leadership/Obedience (x)


Physical Tests::shark:


Auditory tests (multiple,)***SEE BOTTOM OF POST

Blood work (mandatory for school,)

^Thyroid Hormones (T3/T4 cell levels post- 1990's [?],)

Visual Acuity (via spatial reasoning,)

Heart rate (post- 1990's [?],)

^Estimated Maximal Work Load (The projected amount of physical work your body is able to perform based on your heart rate,)

BMI (Body Mass Index, post- 2000's [?],)

Caloric Consumption (post- 1990's [?],)

Metabolic Rate (post- 1990's [?],)

Bio-Metric Data (Spine, Skull, Fingerprints, Facial, Height, Weight, [Iris?],)


Books Used {Nationally}::propoganda:


James and the Giant Peach (Magic/Occult, Escapism,)

The Chronicles of Narnia (Magic/Occult, Genealogy,
The Hobbit (Magic/Occult, Political Commentary, Christian Symbolism,)

^ The LOTR {series} (Magic/Occult, Political Commentary, Christian Symbolism, [Summer/Discontinued?],)

DragonSong {series} (Occult, Pro-Feminism, [Discontinued post- 2000's/female only {?}],)

Dragons in the Cliffs (Occult, Pro-Feminism, [Discontinued post-2000's/female only {?}],

A Wrinkle in Time (Quantum Physics, Extra-Terrestrial Life, Morality, Escapism,)

^A Wind in the Door (Quantum Physics, Extra-Terrestrial Life, Morality, Escapism, cont.,)

^Many Waters (Quantum Physics, Extra-Terrestrial Life, Christian Symbolism, Morality, Escapism, cont. [?],)

^A Swiftly Tilting Planet (Quantum Physics, Extra-Terrestrial Life, Morality, Escapism, cont.,)

The Phantom Tollbooth (Quantum Physics, Escapism, [intermittent/discontinued?],)

The Giver (Matrix-esque dystopian parable [?],)

^Gathering Blue (Matrix-esque dystopian parable [?],)

Scorpions (Crime/Gang Violence [?],)

The Gifted Kids' Survival Guide (Psychological Indoctrination/Survey, [post- 1990 {?}],)

Black Beauty (Morality/Compassion,)

Oz Series (Political Commentary,)

Charlotte's Web (!SPIDERS!,)

The Hot Zone (Viruses, EBOLA, [summer/discontinued/experimental {?}],)

The Robot Zoo (Biological systems presented as robots [post- 1990's],)

The Hardy Boys Series (Indoctrination {Americana}, [Summer/Discontinued/Male only {?}],)

My Side of the Mountain (Indoctrination {Americana}, Self-sufficiency, [Discontinued/Male only {?}],)

***NOTE THAT THIS LIST IS INCOMPLETE***

^^ Also, 'private' schools have a pipeline of books for 'gifted' students with similar themes for each grade level (morality=>morality, quantum physics=>quantum physics,) with HEAVY Christian influences (protagonists are members of Biblical bloodlines, constant references to to the Elohim as if they are real bloodlines, demons as actual metaphysical entities/entities reincarnated into corporal bodies, etc.)


English Cultivation:


SEE LIST OF BOOKS USED,

*^FEDERALLY REPORTED SCORES OF GATE STUDENTS IN 99th PERCENTILE = UNKNOWN (records are destroyed,)

*^SELF REPORTED GATE STUDENTS IN 99th PERCENTILE BRACKET = &#8776;300% (records are unreliable,)


Foreign Language Cultivation:


Public Pipeline-
1st Foreign Language = 5th grade,
2nd Foreign Language = 9th grade,
3rd Foreign Language = 11th grade [if elected],

-compared to-

Christian/(?Private?) Pipeline-
Latin = 4th/5th grade (proficiency level/basic poetry,)
Elective + Latin = 6th grade (proficiency level & poetry composition,)
New Elective/Elective + Latin = 9th grade (Proficiency, poetry composition, & poetry composition/mastery,)
New Elective/Elective/Elective + Latin = 11th grade (Proficiency, poetry composition, mastery & mastery,)


Math Skills:


Public Pipeline- Algebra I = 6th grade [?]
Calculators & show-work [y]

-compared to-

Christian/?Private? Pipeline- Algebra II & Geometry = 5th grade [?]
Calculators & show-work [n]

^^& Calculus by 12th grade for both (?)

*^FEDERALLY REPORTED SCORES OF GATE STUDENTS IN 99th PERCENTILE = UNKNOWN (records are destroyed,)

*^SELF REPORTED GATE STUDENTS IN 99th PERCENTILE BRACKET = &#8776;223% (records are unreliable,)


Computer Skills


Fundamentals = 1st grade,

Basic Programming = (<?3rd Grade?> [post 1980's?],)


Miscellaneous Skills:

Art? (Creative tendencies seem common,)

Sports? (No-one brought this up?)

Trolling Online Conspiracy Forums? (Possibly something we all have in common,)

Getting Abducted? (by little green men? Guys in suits? Cougars? Loan Sharks?)

Not really getting anywhere in life (If we were so smart, why aren't we all rich?)

^Possibly being blacklisted/kept track of? (if you're the paranoid type...)









***|Regarding Auditory Tests|***

Many though not all students, OP included, recall these as possible/definite "Psychic Tests",

1.) The subject is isolated in a room,
2.) The subject wears noise-proof headphones/goggles,
3.) The student hears things on the headphones and is expected to perform a test.
4.) Some students report that the tests involved cards to a certain extent,
5.) Some students report using touch-screens/virtual display equipment (that encompasses the head,)


-Normal auditory tests are delivered to a group, not individually & involve only pressing a button when a perceived queue is delivered.

-Remote viewing test is possible (student is asked what object the test administrator is holding,)

-Prediction via Zener Card test is possible (student is asked to predict a sequence of cards,)

-Telekinesis test is possible (student is asked to tune/de-tune a television with no physical contact, Student is asked to move/extinguish a flame with no physical contact/movement, etc.)
^Such tests would be of greater likelihood than "spoon-bending" tests (military applications for electronics interference > messed up cutlery [wave/particle/chemical reaction modification],).

These tests could also be used to reinforce triggers/cultivate sub-populations of the GATE students at regular intervals.