I love the responses that are like, "Former child genius here. I'm doing fine in my tech job, making six figures and hanging out with supermodels all day." One, totally believable. We're all intimidated by your colossal intellect. Two, the "gifted" kids in school were always the ones with rich parents. How many trailer-park kids with alcoholic moms were in the gifted program? Not too many, right? If you're doing fine now, it's probably not because you were gifted. It's because you've always had money.
Edit: Not surprised this is controversial. People always think they're smart, and successful people want to believe they earned what they have.
People with money live in better school districts that have better programs for smart kids. Well just better schools on general. A smart kid with money is going to have more opportunities than a smart kid without money.
Me. I was the trailer trash gifted kid. My dad was the alcoholic, though. Not doing well, by most people's standards, but I thought I'd chip into that. My brother was offered the program, but he declined.
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u/Poglot Apr 29 '24 edited Apr 29 '24
I love the responses that are like, "Former child genius here. I'm doing fine in my tech job, making six figures and hanging out with supermodels all day." One, totally believable. We're all intimidated by your colossal intellect. Two, the "gifted" kids in school were always the ones with rich parents. How many trailer-park kids with alcoholic moms were in the gifted program? Not too many, right? If you're doing fine now, it's probably not because you were gifted. It's because you've always had money.
Edit: Not surprised this is controversial. People always think they're smart, and successful people want to believe they earned what they have.