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whinyvents · 1 year ago

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The closest I could probably ever get to experiencing "gifted kid burnout" is being considered smart by special ed standards and feeling good about getting onto a level 1 BTEC course at a mainstream college, only to eventually realise that most people who do BTEC courses (which already tend to be viewed as inferior to A levels) go straight to level 3 and that starting at anything below that is often seen as dumb.

#plus I now hate the subject I spent four years studying #I also had to retake maths and english every year #I only just passed maths in my final year which probably wouldn't have been possible without extra time #but I still continued to fail english even with the extra time #...for those outiside the uk: college is not synonymous with university over here #it's basically the final two years of school before university or full time work - typically attended from ages 16-18 #but for me it was four years so I didn't leave until I was 20 #and after that I had decidedly had enough of school so I didn't bother with university #and I'm still unemployed for multiple reasons #although some would say they all boil down to laziness #which is at least one reason to be fair.#special ed #special education #sped #actuallyspecialed #former special ed kid #mentally disabled #developmentally disabled #neurodivergent #unemployed #uk education system #btech #bad grades #dumbass

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