At right is Eric Delgado, a senior at Bayonne High School and one of 40 finalists in the Intel Science Talent Search, the nation’s most prestigious high school science competition. Bayonne High is situated in a city where the median household income is $41,566 and only half its graduates attend college. Indeed, it's not an easy place to become a biology whiz. But, by definition, "prodigies" are as unlikely to be found in tony prep schools as they are in Bayonne High. The New York Times seems to have forgotten that fact. We suppose it's difficult to see the flowers growing in the ghetto from on high the ivory tower.