#sorry if this comes off insulting

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I took a supposedly reputable online IQ test and scored a 91. As a former “gifted” kid I found that relieving. 91 is the low end of average, so now I have an idea about why I felt so out of place in the gifted programs.

Cringe memories? Of course I did dumb shit, I’ve got an IQ of 91!

Why did I make so many poor life choices? Maybe that IQ of 91 had something to do with it.

Took me a long time to recognize abuse? IQ of 91.

Bad at math? 91.

The adults all told me I was “so smart“ and “wasting my potential”. No I’m just a person please let me be normal stop projecting on me.

#gifted kid burnout #i always felt out of place #imposter syndrome #gifted program to dropout pipeline #finally got proof that they expected too much from me #sorry if this comes off insulting #i’m just so tired of people assuming i’m smart #when i know i’m kinda slow #but they don’t seem to believe me #this might come off condescending #but this is my blog

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Mon, 25 Apr 2022 00:34:50