I’m sick of hearing the whining of “gifted” children. Like, why are they even “gifted” to begin with? What… they remember the names of shapes and count well and we’re supposed to believe they’re the second coming of Albert Einstein?
Can imagine the type of person this could rest? Imagine growing up and being told your special and better then the other kids when all they can do is learn faster than everyone else. There just lucky, that’s what gets me. It’s like being praised for being born rich. It’s like if we lived in a world where anyone was in a wheelchair and they could walk.
As someone with interactual disabilities I hate hearing them complain. Like really? you you were praised growing up and did well academically? Aww, I cry for you😥
I was the “gifted” kid. Constantly told I was so smart for my age, or how quickly I’d pick up what I’m being shown. Always showered with a praise I didn’t feel like I earned, and never feeling a need to improve or a want to learn better. Cause I was constantly told how I was “so smart”.
Then grade 10 came up, and I failed two classes. One of them was math, a course I previously excelled in. The other was history, something I knew I was awful at. Those praises turned into questions of “you’re able to do this, why didn’t you?” And “You’re smarter than this, aren’t you?” I missed out on an intro to engineering cause I had to take 1 on 1 catch up classes the following semester to make up for it.
I eventually did pass my math course, and never did do much better than a grade 10 level. History, I passed by 2%. You need 30 out of 36 possible credits to graduate, I made it with 30 and a half credits. My last class was an intro to anthropology, and I only passed with a 56%.
“Gifted kid” is a bullshit title given to you by people who don’t understand that just because you can learn something at a young age, doesn’t mean you are gifted in the art of learning.