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😥
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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.
Are gifted children taking anything from you? Have they wronged you in any way?
Why can’t you just be happy for other people’s good fortune instead of whining?I have a disability and I’m not jealous of people who can walk straight.
“Are gifted children taking anything from you?”
My patience.
“Have they wronged you in any way?”
Yes, by existing.
“Why can’t you just be happy for other people’s good fortune instead of whining?”
Why can’t you be happy with my success in hating gifted children?
from my personal experience; “gifted children” often have Autism/ADHD and suffer in their own way that you probably don’t see, because it’s silent suffering, on the inside.
i have autism and i can tell you that while i always had no problems in school, my life is still full of problems. i have difficulty with loud noises, such as cars, so just walking side by the street is a challenge for me. you never considered that, did you?
I wasn’t talking about autistic children I was talking about naturally smart children. There are plenty of mentally challenged autistic people.
Being a bit scared by cars may be a inconvenience but still I would do anything to have a life as great as yours. Since when is doing well in school and being praised “suffering”? That would be the greatest suffering ever. Ok, so it’s impossible to live a life completely without problems but some people have bigger problems than others and if your problems are being told you have potential you have to admit that is a pretty first world problem.
In what situation are you putting yourself where you have gifted children complaining in your presence? And what do they complain about?
I see people complain about this constantly online tbh. Not so much in person, though. I see a lot of “woe is me” post from former “gifted kids” online complaining that they aren’t making boatloads of cash or some nonsense.
I did well in school, myself, but I didn’t have any people throwing out terms like “gifted” at me. And when I graduated and I was miffed that I was making no money…I complained for a bit, sure. But I put in the work and worked to put myself on a better career trajectory after doing my own research. I didn’t just sit there and complain endlessly about how being called “gifted” ruined my life or some nonsense like other people do online. It gets tiring because people seem to think they are entitled to just have everything without putting in any work just because they were labeled “gifted”. Then they blame everyone else for their own inaction.
