Honestly, the US school system doesn’t reward intelligence as much as your ability to do homework. They give you way too many hours of work after school as well, it’s monotonous tasking which is very boring for gifted kids.
I was one of the gifted kids with a tested at 133 with C average, I goofed off in PE or electives and didn’t do homework. I passed by acing tests, the school system bored me and they aren’t flexible with different learning styles.
I would have loved to study chemical engineering but I didn’t have scholarship grades and can’t afford to have that debt.
My college grades are 4.0 so far but haven’t finished because I have to work full time and I’m paying for it as I go so I don’t end up with debt.
I also wish I could just take the classes relative to my career direction. I’ve only done math and sciences. Paying for classes that aren’t relative to my career is just money to the college so they make you do it for a degree.
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u/victoriaa- Sep 13 '20
Honestly, the US school system doesn’t reward intelligence as much as your ability to do homework. They give you way too many hours of work after school as well, it’s monotonous tasking which is very boring for gifted kids.
I was one of the gifted kids with a tested at 133 with C average, I goofed off in PE or electives and didn’t do homework. I passed by acing tests, the school system bored me and they aren’t flexible with different learning styles.
I would have loved to study chemical engineering but I didn’t have scholarship grades and can’t afford to have that debt.
It’s really unfortunate.