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kestrel91316

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23. I was gifted but spared that label (they didn't label us back in the day).

Sat Dec 15, 2012, 03:17 PM

Dec 2012

I had to put up with teasing/minor bullying. I shed a few tears and wanted to punch a couple kids in the nose or kick them in the shin, but I never did. My parents taught me from an early age that hitting first was NEVER acceptable and they also taught me:

"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me."

I guess I actually paid attention.

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What is it in the psychological make up of honor students that causes a small percentage [View all] Quixote1818 Dec 2012 OP

Young men are often bullied Harmony Blue Dec 2012 #1

And it is nearly always young men. Occasionally it's younger teenage boys, but it's nearly always SharonAnn Dec 2012 #16

The Age & Gender Issue RobinA Dec 2012 #55

I'd guess they had a healthy regard for their own intelligence and felt under appreciated. dkf Dec 2012 #2

The day that the two of us agree on something has finally arrived. Democracyinkind Dec 2012 #8

I'd call that an unhealthy regard alcibiades_mystery Dec 2012 #35

+1 leftstreet Dec 2012 #38

I think so. My guess is it's likely a toxic mix of Arugula Latte Dec 2012 #50

Maybe we should try to have fewer outcasts. dawg Dec 2012 #3

Agree! nt Quixote1818 Dec 2012 #4

They are bullied and excluded from the social network Speck Tater Dec 2012 #5

^^^^ this. nt magical thyme Dec 2012 #22

Intelligent people are better able to function with and conceal potentially-violent mental illness Azathoth Dec 2012 #6

and they are more capable of the planning required for truly horrific massacres DBoon Dec 2012 #32

Students with high IQ are often bullied while a lower IQ athlete is placed on a pedestal. That jody Dec 2012 #7

We actually agree on something. white_wolf Dec 2012 #10

When you are right, we will always agree. jody Dec 2012 #11

This n/t OhioChick Dec 2012 #21

bullying kids with high IQs needs to be stopped but sometimes sports are all kids with low IQ have liberal_at_heart Dec 2012 #46

Maybe we should have programs for gifted and talented kids that value them. FarCenter Dec 2012 #9

For every $11 we spend on children with learning needs, we spend 2 cents on gifted students. I don't jody Dec 2012 #13

+100. white_wolf Dec 2012 #29

I agree with you liberal_at_heart Dec 2012 #47

ROFL alcibiades_mystery Dec 2012 #36

I had the same reaction as you did. nt Quixote1818 Dec 2012 #40

Yeah, educating kids to the best of their ability mcar Dec 2012 #49

You just gotta shake your head sometimes here. FSogol Dec 2012 #54

Holy Oversimplification Batman! FSogol Dec 2012 #12

Care to enlighten us? nt Quixote1818 Dec 2012 #15

Where to start? FSogol Dec 2012 #42

I used the term "nerd" in quotes because I had just read a Huffington post article that did so Quixote1818 Dec 2012 #45

Not true: "Columbine - Honors students" and "Virgina Tec - Honors student" FSogol Dec 2012 #53

moved to op Quixote1818 Dec 2012 #14

Their parents treat them like furniture. nt rrneck Dec 2012 #17

A lot of it is chronic stressors. backscatter712 Dec 2012 #18

I heard Thom Hartmann talking about this too. Quixote1818 Dec 2012 #19

Thom is great. white_wolf Dec 2012 #30

Now I'm worried that Bill Gates is going to lash out at all of us. undeterred Dec 2012 #20

You don't think that's exactly what his promotion of school "reforms" are? JVS Dec 2012 #31

He can harm millions of kids and never go to jail leftstreet Dec 2012 #39

I was gifted but spared that label (they didn't label us back in the day). kestrel91316 Dec 2012 #23

FFS! use some critical thinking intaglio Dec 2012 #24

Name one recent school shooting that was not by an gifted child Quixote1818 Dec 2012 #44

And all but one was white, so what? intaglio Dec 2012 #48

the common link without a single doubt green for victory Dec 2012 #25

+1 for meds & drugs/alcohol used in general INSTEAD OF SOLUTIONS or solution oriented patrice Dec 2012 #27

Good point. And if he was bi-polar, for example, taking an SSRI instead of pnwmom Dec 2012 #43

Part of it is the dirty little secret liberalhistorian Dec 2012 #26

Sports stars are glorified, morons such as the shrub are glorifed, Dawson Leery Dec 2012 #51

Have had three relatives have psychotic breaks- the smartest and most sensitive people in my family bettyellen Dec 2012 #28

Group therapy can be a crutch too. & The last time I looked at the research, there's a position patrice Dec 2012 #33

Young women are also bullied, for pity's sake! LiberalEsto Dec 2012 #34

maybe there should be more emphasis on stopping the bullying fizzgig Dec 2012 #37

I was bullied until my middle teens when a spurt of growth made it a bad choice for those who jody Dec 2012 #41

Just because you are an honor student does not mean you are gifted.. Peacetrain Dec 2012 #52