#gifted students

[jbfly46]

Boomers, Bureaucrats, and Brainlessness

An embarrassing and somewhat large issue that has caused many of the education, political, and other problems that we're having today in America, and that has been mostly swept under the rug and ignored by Boomers as much as possible (which is a lot with Boomers, since they seem to be able to ignore obvious issues beyond death), is the significant portion of people in the Millenial and younger generations that are noticeably and measurably more intelligent and more capable than the people they have to take orders from. This causes a host of social, psychological, and economical issues down the line, on top of just plain out being inefficient and a waste of resources. It's essentially like we have the kids who would have been in the intellectually disabled classrooms in primary schools giving orders to the average and gifted students, just because Boomer bureaucrats either can't seem to tell the difference between intellectually gifted and intellectually disabled students, the majority of Boomers qualify as intellectually disabled themselves, or most likely, Boomer school administrators and bureaucrats just pocketed or squandered the federal funds their school districts received for gifted and special needs students, and then just labeled special needs and gifted students as average students in practice, while making it look on paper as if they were appropriately using the funds as they were supposed to be used.

[hymnsandhearses]

To the student who asked in their anonymous course evaluation “does PhD stand for pretty hot dad?”

No, no it does not. And, I take back what I said in class about there being no dumb questions.

[high-quality-tiktoks]

a song for all the former gifted kids❤️

[txtsfrmth-morgue]

Distracting The Professor 101

It is the solemn duty of the best student(s) in any class to intervene on behalf of their fellows in learning by guiding the professor off topic, thus giving struggling peers a chance to finish their notes before the illustrious academic writing and subsequently erasing them has the chance to do the latter. Besides getting them to talk about their personal life, there are some other topics one can broach in an effort to derail the train of work. 

Anthropology:

- These people are like lemmings. They are, in my experience, the easiest prey, as they tend to be utterly enraptured by their chosen field of study. A side benefit of their tangents is that they are generally applicable to the lesson in some way, shape, or form. A simple suggestion of a “real-world example” of a concept is usually enough to get them going, or any mention of their specific interest. If you are neurodivergent, you will find this all too easy, as anthropology basically works off of special interests. 

Mathematics:

- I hold that sweet old men make the best math teachers. If you are lucky enough to be studying personal finance (or, really *anything* if I’m being honest) under one of these fine gents, you barely need to do anything. They will most likely distract themselves (and you’ll probably get some descent life advice out of it). Just smile and nod, they appreciate it!

English Literature/Language:

- Yeah, I’m still figuring this one out… 

Spanish:

- Works incredibly well if your professor is from a Spanish-speaking country. Just ask them about their culture, childhood, family, etc. You’ll get cool anecdotes out of it! Alternatively, get them to play music. This is *also* incredibly effective, perhaps even more so. If you’re really lucky, you might even get a dance lesson, which is a nice break from studying all those damn verbs!

History:

- Hit-or-miss. These people can be anywhere from cut-and-dry to facilitator of good times. Thus, distracting them has to be a bit more individualistic, though I’ve found the question “why?” to be rather helpful.

Classics:

- Similar to history, but if you can get them talking about ancient petty drama, you’re golden, baby! They do require more frequent instigation though to keep the tangent train running, so just be alert.

[rabbitindisguise]

I wouldn't agree with people hating gifted kids unilaterally anyways- I was one myself on top of being in special ed so I knew plenty of bullied gifted kids- but it's spectacularly hypocritical that people have got it in their heads that the overdone anti-sjw trope of "mock people's pain and claim they just want to be a victim" is good and just actually so long as it's against people they hated in highschool

Don't go using social justice while holding onto the mentality of someone that says special snowflake unironically. Shouldn't have to point that out, and yet

[arctimon]

So, a few people have noticed that there have been a lack of writing updates over the past few weeks.

And there’s a good reason for that.

...Let me just think up one real quick. In all seriousness, the writing has been very slow going.  In addition to the normal story I’m working on, I have a different fic that I’m working on as well. One of them is Artifact, the story I’ve been mentioning a few times.  That story will not come out until I think it’s 100% perfect.  I’m that paranoid about it. I have more done with the other one, so I’m looking to release that one next week. What does it involve? Aunt Cass going back to school. Her school.

And if you read Chapter 10 of Continuity II, you know exactly what that school is.

[spectrumtea]

An introduction

Hello world, and hello to the people in their own world; hope you are all doing well. Are you feeling lonely? Desynchronized with the world? Have a seat, make yourself comfortable in this safe space for neurodivergent people.

First and foremost, let me present myself: My name is Léa, I’m a minor, Canadian, and I go by she/her and they/them pronouns. I am diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD or asperger’s syndrome), and am currently looking forward to getting an attention deficit disorder (without hyperactivity) diagnosis soon. 

Considering the poor representation neurodivergent people have and the general misinformation that circulates about us, I have decided to create this blog in order to let us ND folks speak for ourselves and to educate some confused neurotypicals. No gatekeeping is welcomed here: I consider anyone with a recognized (diagnosed or not) disorder valid and encouraged to speak up about their experiences and opinions. As for me, I can speak about the general facts of my condition, but as I can’t speak for anyone else, I encourage you to share your thoughts and experiences about whatever applies to you.

As each person is different and might experience a discomfort about different things, here are the triggers I will make sure to tag properly: death (and events resulting in it), existentialism, ableism, suicide/suicidal thoughts*, selfharm*, vomit, anxiety, depression, eating disorders, violence, graphic injuries, consensual and non-consensual NSFW.

*I will not talk about my own experience of those things here. If I believe that the person that decides to talk about it is in danger and/or that their choice of words is triggering, I will not make it public; however, I’ll make sure to post helpful links and hotlines on this blog then. I am not accountable of your wellbeing, just like you are not of mine.

Here’s what I will not tag unless asked to: food, body parts as NSFW, specific content/creators, specific phobias, ironical tags.

If you are neurotypical and want to be heard about something, here’s what I will accept in asks and submissions:

Any question about the process of getting your own diagnosis.

Asking for advice on how to actively help neurodivergent people, whether it be for us in general or a specific person in your life.

For the writers out there, I’ll be very glad to help you fact check any autistic character you want to add to your story.

Help you understand an ND person’s behavior irl that worries/confuses the shit out of you. You have to be respectful and clear about where you’re coming from when asking for me/us to help with this.

Here’s what I will NOT accept:

Disrespect in ANY form: slurs, mockery, stereotypes, you know the deal.

Infantilizing. We get enough of that on a daily basis, please don’t bring that shit here.

Rants about someone’s behavior that annoys/frustrates you with no intention to learn and/or help. Those will be deleted and, when I see fit, I’ll leave you a short message (dm if posted on public, on my blog if anonymous) explaining why I won’t answer your ask/submission.

Speaking over us: claiming what we can or can’t choose to do, like or think. This also goes for gatekeeping within ND people, which is something I do not accept in any form.

With that being said, I hope you find yourself safe and respected in this space; I don’t want there to be any taboo, and as long as you stay respectful and considerate of everyone’s different experiences, make yourself at home here.

[yellowmagicalgirl]

Claire was a gifted student

I’ll admit, this is partially self-projection

She learned how to speak and read an entire language in a month; her only help could have been Jim, Toby, and Notenrique. While she did grow up in a bilingual household (and hence she would likely be better at learning languages), this is a feat in and of itself.

Perfectionism. Gifted students are very often perfectionists, especially if they were very good at school as a child. In addition to internal pressure, perfectionism may stem from parental expectations.

And related to the perfectionism, the anxiety spiral. She isn’t good enough, she can’t do this on her own, but asking for help feels like admitting defeat so she locks it in. This, of course, leads to her getting shoved out of her own body.

Of course, the possession arc isn’t the only sign. There’s the squashed down feelings of inferiority when she isn’t nominated for Spring Fling Queen.

Tbh a lot of people who were gifted as kids are anxious now and Claire has shown signs of having an anxiety disorder

Claire was in calculus. As a sophomore. Normally in CA, students don’t take calculus until their senior year, if not college. She’s good at math. However, just because she’s good at math doesn’t mean that she wants a career in this, it’s implied that she wanted to be an actress, though now whether or not she still wants this or if she wants to be a full-time witch and trollhunter is unclear.

And for the record, just because she’s popular and good at talking to others doesn’t mean she couldn’t have been gifted. Trust me, there were popular, extroverted kids even in my gifted-and-talented/accelerated/honors/AP classes I just wasn’t one of them

The inherent frustration she has because she isn’t instantly good with the Shadow Staff is also a sign. Learning new things that you’re not inherently good at is frustrating as a (former) gifted student, because you’re so used to instantly being good at things that there’s something very wrong when you aren’t.