It is necessary to assert this, on the one hand, against those who would incorporate the new within the old and, on the other, against any historical critical Marcionites who,
out of justifiable
frustration or simple sloth, are ready to throw over the old
altogether.
I would argue that it is those students who gifted programs should be targeting, in order to stop them falling into a cycle
of frustration, underachievement, and possibly dropping
out of school
altogether.