There wasn't a GT program where I grew up (probably because most of the decent teachers went to suburbs where they didn't have to wear bullet proof vests to school), so I breezed through elementary and middle school thinking I was going to win the Nobel Prize somewhere after finding a cure for cancer and polishing my Oscars.* I dropped out of basketball and volleyball because I wasn't good at it, and, let's face it, it was dominated by white girls who couldn't jump.
High school was painful, not so much because I was sent to a snobby academic center, but because most of the kids who had successfully tested in were there because they were insanely ambitious and driven, leaving us lax nerds (At least I think I'm a nerd. I don't know. Fuck, I majored in Medieval Studies!) to be attacked for being lazy. I picked up a few of those traits in high school, and I think the reason why I did so well in college is because I was forced to take classes I KNEW I wouldn't do so hot in, and knew how to respond to bitchy professors.
Has senior year sucked as much for you as it has for me? My GPA went down by .2 points! %$#@ing leftist cultural anthropology department!
Also, I think the lazy nerds are the ones who go on to be the insane professors, and the driven ones are the ones who go on to become lawyers and business people. But that's just something I noticed.
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High school was painful, not so much because I was sent to a snobby academic center, but because most of the kids who had successfully tested in were there because they were insanely ambitious and driven, leaving us lax nerds (At least I think I'm a nerd. I don't know. Fuck, I majored in Medieval Studies!) to be attacked for being lazy. I picked up a few of those traits in high school, and I think the reason why I did so well in college is because I was forced to take classes I KNEW I wouldn't do so hot in, and knew how to respond to bitchy professors.
Has senior year sucked as much for you as it has for me? My GPA went down by .2 points! %$#@ing leftist cultural anthropology department!
Also, I think the lazy nerds are the ones who go on to be the insane professors, and the driven ones are the ones who go on to become lawyers and business people. But that's just something I noticed.