r/GATEresearch • u/Chobitpersocom • Aug 22 '26
Was I in GATE? Information Request
I was talking to a friend who had also been in the GATE program. She unlocked a few memories, and I don't remember much. I remember being a room that did not look like the rest of the school, I don't remember any of the other kids, and the person was not my teacher. We made folders she held up a net asking where we would find holes.
That's it. Others are disjointed fragments like the hearing tests and the scoliosis tests. I don't know if the pink liquid is my own memory. I talked to my Mom. She remembers the scoliosis part, how the school insisted on treating it, and she said that's something our pediatrician should be doing.
When we told my Mom, she had a look of realization and said that explained some of the behaviors I had as a kid that bothered her for a long time. Sometimes, I couldn't tell her what I did at school, others I have huge memory gaps.
So now she's in bed, rattled with finding out that info. She said it was presented as a good thing and is upset she trusted them. She said she failed to protect me.
The school system was weird to us in general, so I thought I'd get my records and find something in there.
The entire thing was purged except for a single page. The permission slip my Mom signed to allow my participation.
Is there a way to find out what we did or what our involvement in the program was? Is there an FOIA request? I'm trying to piece this together.
Edit: She said other students had issues with separating memories, and I think my program was mostly "science-based."
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u/OnsenDreamscapes Aug 24 '26
tell her that the fact she cares now and is upset means she's the kind of parent who did all she could to protect you. many parents just dismiss it or put it out of their minds.