You're gifted enough to cruise through the first few stages of your education without trying, so you forge an identity as "the smart kid" but never build up skills in learning or studying, so when you finally get to a level where your natural intelligence can't carry you anymore you can't keep up with the people who did learn those skills and you start to fail and lose your identity as the smart kid which causes you to break down because that'd how you defined yourself for so long..... or so I've heard.

[–] spirinolas@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

That stang...

Also, when you see it happen and you actually start trying and do better but some teachers always give you a lower mark to "motivate" you so you'll "try even harder".

[–] original_ish_name@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

some teachers always give you a lower mark to "motivate" you so you'll "try even harder".

Do people actually do this? I know one thing for sure: someone who does that is not "gifted"

[–] davawen@programming.dev 1 points 10 months ago

Yes, they do...

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