←back to thread

California's most neglected group of students: the gifted ones

(www.latimes.com)
412 points tafda | 1 comments | 26 Nov 24 16:53 UTC | HN request time: 0.205s | source
Show context
laidoffamazon ◴[26 Nov 24 18:52 UTC] No.42248685[source]▶
I think we should stop focusing on the cognitive elite at the expense of everyone else, actually.

Why should people that think folks like me are failures deserve the bulk of our attention?

replies(2): >>42248825 #>>42248916 #
elzbardico ◴[26 Nov 24 19:15 UTC] No.42248916[source]▶
Man. I understand you are not in a good moment (given your handle). But a lot of those people who think you're a failure are not the smart ones, but the powerful ones.
replies(1): >>42249600 #
1. laidoffamazon ◴[26 Nov 24 20:18 UTC] No.42249600[source]▶
I haven't worked at Amazon for several years now, but people that make up G&T Programs in California suburbs definitely would consider someone like me to be a failure due to where I went to school and where I work/worked. I hesitate to say they're not smart, they are, but they're also powerful.