Many opportunities are presented to gifted students in the United States, India and in China; however, there are millions of exceptionally talented young students in Latin America that are driven out of public schools for their lack of gifted-student programs.

Teachers don’t want to put extra effort into giving the gifted students special attention, while, authorities don't want to seem like they are favoring those with the greatest talent.

           
In many of these Latin American schools, gifted students are often beaten for asking teachers questions that they might not be capable of answering. Many teachers feel compelled to send these students over to the principal’s office or strike the students because they are offended by the questioning of their knowledge. Instead of supporting these students as they reach their maximum knowledge, they’re treated as outcasts.

           
“These students are not reaching their maximum level of education since they are being expelled of the public schools just because they outsmart their own teachers,” said Andrea Dominguez, a senior at Booker T. Washington. “The teachers should not be ashamed of having no knowledge on things and should in fact support these students to getting to higher levels of education; it is a gift being so smart.”     

Although 16-year-old Mexican, Andrew Almazan, had an IQ of 162, he was often viewed as a trouble maker with ADD,

The World Health Organization and most psychologists consider anyone with an IQ above 130 as “gifted.” According to the World Health Organization, they estimate that about 2.3% of the youth population in every country is gifted, but these countries don't push the students to their maximum capacity. 

           
“Being so knowledgeable at such a young age, these students have the capacity to be future leader and engineers and such in the world, but due to these disadvantages of being diagnosed as ADD when in fact they have an IQ where they are considered gifted is a waste,” said Andres Villanueva, a student from Miramar High School.

            
 In Argentina, 14-year-old Kouichi Cruz, is working towards 3 college degrees at the University of Cordoba, where there is no special treatment for gifted students from public schools. There are some private schools that provide specialized attention to the gifted students in several Latin American countries. Several school like the Fontán Schools in Colombia and others, are sponsored by the Educate Foundation in Ecuador. There are however, a couple of public school systems that do provide an advanced curriculum for the gifted students in such countries.