no colors or good quality picture for you!i was rushing :/
Gifted and Talented
Would this be counted as a meme? I believe so...
Okay, so me and two other friends are doing a personal meme based on how we enjoyed our time in "GT"
Yes, the GT, the gifted and talented, the advanced academics, whatever you feel comfortable labeling it. either way, I am to write my opinion on upon it.
god damnit I loved the GT
I loved how we actually had to think CREATIVLY about things, instead of simple memorization, how they didn't treat us like we weren't smart enough to understand, plus, never before has there been such a brilliant way to isolate children from human nature.
trust me, I know the differences between the GT and the normal classes, my two years of personal development guaranteed that. I've often times helped my two fellow classmates on their worksheets, and found myself a bit envious of the simplicity. there is no real need to think in the normal classes, there's, very simply, a need to memorize. this of course, for any GT student, is ridiculously easy, but one must realize the wonder of that. the normal students think it's hard, why do we think it's easy? because we've been taught to think beyond the facts and draw connections and opinions, memorization and facts come easy to us, otherwise we would never be able to build upon it. simple facts will never make anything, not without creative thinking and inquisitive actions, and oftentimes, normal classes don't teach us these important skills. therefore, it's harder, but it's harder BECAUSE it's better.
Of course, a slight downside of GT...I am still, on a weekly basis, at least once EXTREMLY surprised by something I see someone do. this is usually followed by a well placed "I thought that only happened on TV?" I've been isolated by GT quite well throughout the years. I don't meet the normal kids anywhere as much as I assume I should. because they represent the mass of human-kind, this is not advisable, it makes it that much harder for me to observe and understand them. (I must take a time-out here to point out that I am very invested in philosophy, specifically that that pertains to human nature) and I find that I, too often, meet people that during at least one conversation with them I end up thinking "you are SO STUPID!" I feel horrible when I think this about my friends, but I'm just not used to it, I've always been surrounded by people who think a certain way and prioritize certain things, this of course has been slowly changing, perhaps for the better. for, though I feel a bit uncomfortably isolated, I also feel it helped me greatly along the way as well. I wasn't subject to many of the worse things of the world and human nature, I was safe as a child, while I was growing, learning, and becoming who I am now. I cant even begin to think how I may have turned out if I had not had this cushion. therefore I respect and understand this natural isolation.
Anyway, that's my viewpoint on GT, sorry Nan, I'm sure you wanted something more along the lines of people I met and social situations of GT, but this is what you get instead. :/
