relatable™ gifted feels

hey!! life sucks when the american school system decides to stop helping you!!

[giftedkiddos]

sHouLD i Do tHE InTerNaTIonAL BaCCalAureAtE??? ugh idk if I should stay in my state school for year 11/12 or move to a IB school that’s more flexible (no uniform, later starts, etc.)

i say do it why not

[deactivationgocrazy-deactivated]

"the education system traumatizes students it deems stupid" and "the education system traumatizes students it deems gifted" are two concepts that can and should coexist.

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bitches be like *checks the notes of the post they made .3 seconds ago to see if it has any notes because they were a “gifted” child who never felt like they were good enough so they constantly tried to gain other people’s approval in order to feel good about themselves and still depends on that to feel valuable*

tag yourself im bitches

[mouwwie-deactivated20210805]

the fuck??? literally i-

[johnnyjoestarrelatable]

you weren’t a “well behaved” child you had anxiety and were terrified of conflict

[johnnyjoestarrelatable]

“a pleasure to teach” on the report card meant obedient to a fault, a constant need to be perfect to keep “a pleasure to teach” on the report card, realizing you weren’t as perfect a student as you thought when school got tough, and your perfectionism and paralyzing fear of “getting in trouble” is so deeply ingrained in you that you procrastinate everything because if it isn’t perfect, you shouldn’t try at all

[giftedkiddos]

Do you ever feel like a human answer key? Like, popular people I don't know at all will come up to me and ask me something, and then they start talking to me more, but the second I don't know the answer to one of their questions they never talk to me again, or wait a month or two and start over. It's so demoralizing--I just want to be treated like a human.

yeah lmao that’s how i realized people knew my name in precal

[giftedkiddos]

i think what anon means is that since giftedness is so often connected to intelligence, do you think special ed kids are forever dumb since you believe gifted kids are forever smart

not being gifted doesn’t mean you aren’t smart giftedness isn’t just intelligence it’s kinda squares and rectangles

[giftedkiddos]

“ i am a firm believer that giftedness doesn’t go away when you get older” so does that mean special ed kids are lost causes for not having that “gifted”ness in the first place?

i don’t understand what you’re trying to say

[giftedkiddos]

This is awkward but I don't know how else to do this, so apologies. But I used to be on the gifted discord server, however, I recently had to delete the app and it claims my account no longer exists. Tdlr is that I was wondering if there was a way to get a new invite for it since I created a new account? Have a great day!

https://discord.gg/KFJZgab here!!

[giftedkiddos]

I feel like the opposite of everyone here. I'm a wizard at math but alright at Language Arts. My teacher said I needed to develop more critical thinking.

i’m the opposite of that! there is more than one way of being gifted and that fact isn’t stressed enough :/

[giftedkiddos]

math placement test for my uni said my score doesn’t qualify me for calculus or even precal but i’ve...literally taken both those classes before

[giftedkiddos]

Okay were any other Gifted Child™s here forced to go to school when they were sick, or told if they were too sick to ________ then they're too sick to _____?

i was/am the gifted kid who made myself go to school sick even though everyone told me to go home

[giftedkiddos]

deciding oh fuck i should study for that ap exam tomorrow morning culture is khan academy videos

[giftedkiddos]

i was recognized as gifted in science and social studies, but look at me now!! my lowest grades are in those classes and everything’s going to shit!!! the staff keep yelling at everyone for flunking these classes while the teachers don’t teach!!! they all just put on videos of wha we’re supposed to be learning and expect us to take in what the monotone voice in the video was explaining without question!!!! education is broken

oh my chem teacher did that he literally just showed old videos on youtube of him vaguely teaching

[giftedkiddos]

I don’t want to be in science courses and math anymore!!!! The only thing I want to do and enjoy is music but because I’m “gifted” I’m forced to go into science and math!!! Just because I’m “gifted” doesn’t mean i have to be in a “smart” STEM field!

i hate that only STEM subjects are seen as those which are intellectual and fitting for gifted individuals :/ the other subjects are just as important! being fantastic at language and art and music and writing makes you just as gifted as those who can do calculus in their heads

[giftedkiddos]

Hey I don’t know if this is okay to ask you, but do you think you could lose your giftedness in a way? The last two years of my life I’ve been depressed, and chronically ill. I can’t do much more than my study and sleep for the remainder of the time. I’m forced to neglect my numerous passions and my talents, because I don’t have the energy to deal with it. I’ve seen numerous therapists, tried many things, but I can’t seem to do it anymore. People say I’m wasting my talent. Can that be true?

i don’t think you can lose your giftedness; i think you’re just a victim of mental illness. giftedness is the way you’re wired, the way you think, and being depressed makes you tired and weary and unable to motivate yourself. i don’t think it’s lost, just hidden, and is waiting for you to recover.

[giftedkiddos]

ironically i just found this blog as im struggling to keep my eyes open while trying to study for my ap environmental class (a class i wouldnt even be taking if i didn’t nEeD 3 aPs fOr coLLeGe)

oh mood

[giftedkiddos]

I have super low grades in math and it’s the only class bringing me down but I KNOW if I could take a break from it my other grades would improve but noOOO I’m ‘gifted’ and ‘should know this’ even though I’m a seventh grader taking a freshman level class - a tired kiddo

i’m sorry :( remember that you are allowed to take breaks no matter what everyone else says