As someone who was both In gifted and in regular classes, the gifted classes were the only ones in which teachers cared and respected the kids. Was the work more challenging? Sure, but also teachers were willing to make sure everyone was actually under standing it. Regular classes did not have that

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I mean, I realized, looking back, that I hated school. I’m not diagnosed autistic and living better while slowly healing from unrealistic expectations. If that’s what you mean, I guess

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in middle school i was tested for “giftedness” and i scored high enough to get in but they wouldn’t let me into the program saying i “lacked leadership qualities”. i was the quiet autistic girl who was super anxious. the whole point of the program is that they’re supposed to be teaching me the skills i lack in mainstream ed

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Couldn’t get back in, the za took care of that

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Hated the advanced science classes, it was the same curriculum but instead of doing the experiments we just took lesson notes

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