when i was a kid reading encyclopedias and astrophysics books for educated amateurs (‘cause that’s what i wanted to read…) i arrived in kindergarten where we were literally learning letters from the alphabet one by one it was kafkaesque torture & my teacher called me a smartasshttps://twitter.com/elizashapiro/status/1446435627495530496 …
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Replying to @DanielleFong @JennyChachan
My district had a gifted program in elementary and then nothing. I didn’t have parents that could pick up the slack and keep me engaged. I fell apart. I ended up racking up Ds and Fs for refusing busywork while aceing every test, and winning schoolwide geo and spelling bees.
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Replying to @adamsb6 @JennyChachan
ah, yes.
many such cases 
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