[ericthered]

Requiring the kids to be taken from their homes to big cities where they can be educated away from the influence of their parents is not going to go across well with a notable chuck of the population.

That is not to say that its unrealistic that someone would try to get the program to work anyways. They'd face political resistance, but in the end they'd have a controversial system of rewards for compliance with soft penalties and burdensome hoops for non-compliance.

I am interested in what the proportions of abilities look like. That has some strong effects.