#gifted kid problems

[directactionforhope]

I feel like conversations around "gifted kids" and whether trauma related to that is an actual thing really ignore something really key and important to the argument.

Which is that taking a bunch of six- to ten-year-olds, officially labeling them as Different (good kind), and then putting them in separate classes from their peers, all of which are basically officially called Class for Kids Who Are Smarter Than The Rest, is literally a completely guaranteed way to create social division and resentment from other kids and teens.

And that is completely the fault of the people designing and running these programs, not the kids funneled into them.

[golden-letters]

gang u ever feel that soulsucking feeling of never amounting to anything ever because everyone else will always do better than you do more than you have more than you and you will always be behind no matter how hard you run and the worst thing? youve found yourself running slower and slower because you can't seem to feel driven anymore

[incognitopolls]

If you consider yourself a burnt-out gifted kid, what is your biggest reasoning for it?

I used to be in a program for "gifted" kids, but now I'm not

I'm still in a program for "gifted kids," but I can't keep up

I'm still in a program for "gifted kids," but I feel burnt out

I used to be in the highest level/get the highest grade, but now I'm not/don't

I'm still in the highest level/get the highest grade, but I can't keep up

I'm still in the highest level/get the highest grade, but I feel burnt out

I moved up one or more grades, but then I had to repeat one or more grades

I moved up 1+ grade, and I'm still in the higher grade, but I can't keep up

I moved up 1+ grade, and I'm still in the higher grade, but I feel burnt out

I was in gifted programs/higher levels, and I burned out after I finished school

I consider myself a burnt-out gifted kid for another reason

I don't consider myself a burnt-out gifted kid

Voting ended onMay 3, 2024

This is about academia, so programs for art/sports/etc don't count, only studying.

A program for gifted kids would be separate from most of the other kids, and only be open to certain students.

The "highest level" is referring to classes where you learn differently based on your academic levels. Unlike being a part of a separate program, you would still be in the same class as your peers, you would just be the "best" among them.

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[leftoverspacedust]

i think i was cursed. at the age of like. 12. to be unable to consume any media casually ever again.

[this-womans-work]

Former gifted kid doesn’t immediately understand her homework and breaks down at her work desk (three dead, five injured)

[whispers-in-the-stars]

Icarus

I was the gifted kid I was the golden girl I was Icarus and they gave me wings Of feathers and beeswax But unlike Icarus they told me To fly as high as I could They believed that the tower I was in Was only holding me back Fly, fly, fly as close to the sun as you can Even if it burns you Even if the melting wax scalds your body Fly as high as you can and then fly higher Because why have wings and stay near the surface? Except I am not a bird, I was not born with wings I was given a pair of wings I never asked for They never taught me how to fly Yet they expected me to soar in the sky like birds do And when I inevitably fell into the ocean Inhaling seawater into my lungs, almost drowning They gathered and screamed, look at this stupid child Who doesn't even know how to fly! I am no bird, I am merely Icarus Who was asked to leap without looking And fly before being taught how Without letting me dry my wings off They all yelled at me to get out of the water And fly even higher than last time

[cryinginmyroomsposts]

the tragically beautiful pipeline from high-functioning child to burnt-out adult with a laundry pile of hobbies itching to be cleaned and used again but the adult is just too exhausted to do anything more than pick them up from the pile to check if they are dirty enough only to find out... they always will be dirty now that the adult has lost the bandwidth to do laundry

[web-of-arachne]

“Burnt out gifted kid”

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