I remember watching a video essay about how gifted kids never learn to learn so they have it harder later. If we would nurture kids more individual, this wouldn’t be a problem
also school never teaches what you use this shit for. I coincidentally found a real use for math functions when being taught a real use for geometry in steel trades class, one that removed any need for me to use hand drawn geometry for any of the work we were doing. Thankfully the teacher understood after a bit and said “oh shit you’re right” and accepted the math class style “show your work” instead of a drawing the size of a full sheet of plywood spanned over several desks
Yes, this is so important.
I had the advantage of making video games as a kid, so I had plenty of practice with trig functions trying to get my in-game spells to work so I knew their value first hand.
I also made it a point to learn early on what calculus was about after hearing desperate stories is people hating the pointless thing. That also eased on the learning, which is the only reason I was top of the class.
quaternions were also amagic discovery in game dev. its like I don’t understand it at all but at the same time it just works and makes sense and you can do simpler math on them just as cluelessly and just fuck around until it behaves as envisioned. It also solved my drone getting raped by gimbal lock back when the only way to have a drone was to diy one.
Ohh, I love using quaternions but I don’t like learning about them as much. They’re both complicated but so easy somehow.
Horticulture class taught me why the quadratic equation is important.
“fArMerS ArE DumB!”
Yeah. We had to spread fertilizer for max efficiency. Also learned matrices in that class.
Oh so that’s why I excelled in primary and secondary and now cannot pass year 1 of uni.
this was me, first two years of uni. damn, that was an unpleasant awakening! you can get better at this. 🙂
I know. I just somehow cannot get myself to sit down and study.
Individualized, personalized education sounds nice, but some kids get anxiety from that much attention. I was placed in small classes because they thought I had a learning disability, but eventually forced my way into average classes. I did just as well being 1 of 15 students as I did being 1 of 5 students. I’d rather have had a large class where I could go with everyone else’s flow then have every paced to what they thought I could handle.
I had a teacher in what I think is the equivalent to college (11th to 13th grade) who handed out work sheets with exercises he expected everyone to do and an additional “for fans” section. That alone made a difference for me
Is that not what the gifted kid programs are supposed to be?
I never encountered such program but sure
Oh, i thought thats what being a “gifted kid” was. I was put in a special class called Gifted & Talented with a few other kids where we did alternative learning or some shit, idr.
Sounds great!
I was a gifted kid and I am definitely not a disappointment… Instead, I’ve just gotten a little sadder each time I have been promoted only to realize how low “the bar” actually is.
Our species is fucking stupid.
Half your comments feature the word “stupid.” Are you OK?
No - I’m surrounded by retards.
I see. Have you considered moving?
Do you have down syndrome?
“The bar” isn’t only there to filter based on intelligence, it’s also more importantly there to filter out the people who might have any moral or ethical problems doing what is required of them; but it can be difficult to see this if you’re focusing on the whole treadmill you’re on.
Yeah that’s it - it’s my treadmill. Not a lifetime of interacting with people at every level and coming away disappointed just about every, single, time.
I skirted by being a ‘gifted kid’ by not being smart enough to hit those kinda of programs, but being too ‘smart’ to actually learn any good habits :)
Birth[-----Loser-----][----------------Old Loser-----------------]Death
I’m in this photo and I do not like it
Lmao, I failed every grade with the worst case of ADHD ever, every bit of the life you had promise, I had none. I have a family and job I love with a fulfilling life i wouldn’t trade for anything. Ya’ll need some therapy and meds or something.
yep… that’s me
