#i wonder if thats got anything to do with the developmental issues i mentioned lmao | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

natandacat · 2 years ago

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Also everytime I see discourse about "gifted" kids (in "" bc the name is part of, and perfectly reflects the problem imo), I want to gently take people by the hand like. In the 50s-60s. In Iran. Where there was no DSM name for it. My father was already othered and alienated for his academic abilities, which completely fucked up his interpersonal relationships with other students and created a terrible atmosphere in which students were judged by grown-ass adults against the standard he set, fully without his consent. The problem isn't new. Kids are not responsible for the elitism of the system, and "gifted" kids are used in that system in a way that does not benefit them, and is in fact extremely detrimental to their development.

That's what the conversation is about. And it's telling that you're reproducing the us vs them mentality that is used to enable that dynamic, instead of actually deconstructing it.

#and i experienced that too!#and i was very vocal about how much i hated being used to demean and humiliate other students #and how much it contributed to my bullying experience bc students wanted to retaliate #and i was a better target than teachers & the entire system #i hated it! and 50 years ago my father hated it too!#the grading system has to go #i could go on about el problema es el capitalismo y el imperialismo but well #just bitching #and also most students deemed 'gifted' have terrible odds of actually suceeding in life #i wonder if thats got anything to do with the developmental issues i mentioned lmao #and the consequences of bullying. but yeah. nah. must be a coincidence #and before you get your hackles up having this conversation means the input from students deemed 'bad' is WANTED #literally!!! we are not enemies we are holding hands and kissing to fuck with the system

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