I do think gifted programs in the US are wildly inconsistent and generally set bad expectations but; at a certain point it’s a choice to continue acting in a way you know is detrimental.
This isn’t like drugs where there’s withdrawal punishing behavioral change. This is willful inaction in an environment that punishes stagnation.
More often than not the people who post this kind of stuff are either college freshmen struggling with having to try for the first time or someone who peaked in highschool.
I hate the whole gifted child burnout thing.
I do think gifted programs in the US are wildly inconsistent and generally set bad expectations but; at a certain point it’s a choice to continue acting in a way you know is detrimental.
This isn’t like drugs where there’s withdrawal punishing behavioral change. This is willful inaction in an environment that punishes stagnation.
More often than not the people who post this kind of stuff are either college freshmen struggling with having to try for the first time or someone who peaked in highschool.