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In reply to the discussion: What is it in the psychological make up of honor students that causes a small percentage [View all]alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)35. I'd call that an unhealthy regard
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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
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And it is nearly always young men. Occasionally it's younger teenage boys, but it's nearly always
SharonAnn
Dec 2012
#16
I'd guess they had a healthy regard for their own intelligence and felt under appreciated.
dkf
Dec 2012
#2
Intelligent people are better able to function with and conceal potentially-violent mental illness
Azathoth
Dec 2012
#6
Students with high IQ are often bullied while a lower IQ athlete is placed on a pedestal. That
jody
Dec 2012
#7
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
For every $11 we spend on children with learning needs, we spend 2 cents on gifted students. I don't
jody
Dec 2012
#13
I used the term "nerd" in quotes because I had just read a Huffington post article that did so
Quixote1818
Dec 2012
#45
I was gifted but spared that label (they didn't label us back in the day).
kestrel91316
Dec 2012
#23
+1 for meds & drugs/alcohol used in general INSTEAD OF SOLUTIONS or solution oriented
patrice
Dec 2012
#27
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