re: #242 wrenchwench

I dropped out of the “gifted” program in school because the snotty elitists were snotty (and elitist). I went back to my nice friends in regular class. That’s why I don’t know algebra.

It wasn’t a smart decision, but I learned a lot anyway.

I was put in a Gifted and Talented program in the sixth grade. It was the worst damn year of my life. Bar none.

The kids were mean little so-and-sos, and looking back as an educator, I realize that part of the problem was that no distinction was being made between being academically bright and organizationally bright. I could understand advanced concepts (in the humanities), and read like hell, but see a big project through on my own because, after all, I was ‘gifted’? Hell, no.