If I Couldn’t Have Friends, I Would Have a Perfect GPAĢe children need specific support, but because of their seemingly contradictory conditions, they don’t always receive it. My parents, teachers, and even my therapist simply saw me as a weird gifted kid. 2e wasn’t in the academic vernacular when I was a kid. Today, the term twice exceptional (2e) has become popular in parenting and educational circles to describe gifted children who also have autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), learning differences, or other similar conditions. I am twice exceptional - basically a neurodivergent gifted student. I am also autistic, though I remained undiagnosed until my senior year of high school - in part because my giftedness masked or distracted attention away from my autism. Unfortunately, my giftedness didn’t come alone. Challenge days were the only days I looked forward to school. At age 6, I began participating in my school’s Challenge program, where gifted students were pulled out of class once a week to engage in a curriculum that focused on critical thinking and self-directed learning. I was identified as gifted in kindergarten. Especially if you’re also neurodivergent. 12 1 Gifted Kid™ Burnout Flavors genius workaholic cryptid adhd/autism can't do hw but will research their special interest for hours on end college reading level in kindergarten ppl ask if you have savant syndrome trying So Hard, All The Time and getting nowhere "have you tried-" -hyperfixates on calculus at 2am procrastinates on hw and does it all in massive blocks school is sensory hell everyone is shocked when you talk in class doesn't study but gets the highest test scores somehow anxiety depression like 2 friends feels like their problems aren't valid bc they "should be smart enough for this" AP/IB/Honors up the ass, worries about grades despite having 5.I’ll say it: Being gifted isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Gifted Kid™ Burnout Flavors genius workaholic cryptid adhd/autism can't do hw but will research their special interest for hours on end college reading level in kindergarten ppl ask if you have savant syndrome trying So Hard, All The Time and getting nowhere "have you tried-" -hyperfixates on calculus at 2am procrastinates on hw and does it all in massive blocks school is sensory hell everyone is shocked when you talk in class doesn't study but gets the highest test scores somehow anxiety depression like 2 friends feels like their problems aren't valid bc they "should be smart enough for this" AP/IB/Honors up the ass, worries about grades despite having 5.0 GPA forced smile to cover up panic attack DAY PLANNER studies all night, gets a 79 and cries in 12 different volunteer organizations that all need club specific hours goes home after school and stares at the wall for 10 hours constant dread around projects/hw even if finished with everything sits in the very back looks like a prep but probably does acid as a hobby category probably wanted to major in philosophy constant caffeine either 100% or 0% effort, motivation is a roulette wheel constantly playing video games to simulate feelings of progress and success lives in a sweater peaked in 5th grade has heard "not living up to your potential" from every teacher ever probably a stoner - iFunny
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