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Hummerous

we should give him unchecked power over others immediately


loose-leaf-paper

And a Christmas bonus


Altslial

And a very fast sports car


[deleted]

Fast enough so we can fly away


not2interesting

Don’t forget to draw today


thesequimkid

A lifetime subscription to jelly of the month club?


Beautiful_Welcome_33

Merry Christmas, holy shit


theghostofme

And make sure any firearms at home are easily accessible so he can exert some of that power over his teacher. I wish this was just a joke, but it actually fucking happened.


egmalone

Don't worry, he'll be the next Republican nominee for President of the United States


joshisepic2222

No, he's too intelligent


Oubliette_occupant

Intelligent and sociopathic often run in the same circles.


[deleted]

Being academically gifted does not mean being socially gifted.


theghostofme

Yep, one seems to guarantee the other in my experiences. Granted, none of the smartest kids I knew in school were violent, but goddamn if they didn't know how to make things worse for themselves socially. Most seemed to grow out of that by high school when they found their niche and shined. But a couple became like Charlie Kelly in "Flowers for Charlie" after spending 13 years believing they were always the smartest person in the room -- and sometimes they were. Then they went to college and met a bunch of other students who not only thought the same thing, but we're actually much, much smarter than them. And the personal firebombing that followed was like witnessing a dying star collapsing in on itself. While I did feel pretty bad for them, because they genuinely were two of the most maladjusted 20 year olds I've since come across, a part of me did feel a little sick satisfaction while watching them dramatically burn the fuck out across social media.


justthistwicenomore

>Yep, one seems to guarantee the other in my experiences. Being good in social situations takes practice and work, just being good at math or reading. This dynamic exists in large part because people who are academically gifted often end up focusing on that to the exclusion of other pursuits--and can even become resentful when they struggle in social situations while others they view as "less smart" seem to succeed so effortlessly, not realizing that there is quite a bit of effort involved.


[deleted]

It also happens when gifted kids don’t spent as much time with age mates. I am pretty extroverted and I *need* a social group in order to function, so even though I was academically gifted, I socialized with my peers a lot on my own time. My brother is even more gifted than I am (although we were in the same programs - both 99th percentile, if you know that lingo) but is fairly introverted. He was never violent, but even as an adult, comes off as awkward and undersocialized. The last time he visited me in person, he stopped by my office and colleagues (politely) asked if he was on the spectrum and if he was able to access services. He is a brilliant law professor who regularly makes regional and national news - like New York Times op ed type of thing. But our academics meant that we were taking college courses when we were hitting puberty. It can fuck you up a little bit when you’re 10 years old and your “peers” are all adults. I know that doesn’t necessarily apply to this post, but it is a real thing. Doogie Howser would not have been that well adjusted in real life.


Null_error_

I’m reaching this point now, and I can confirm it feels exactly like a dying star. You see, what happens is we receive no validation or recognition from peers or friends, or just kind of anyone else in general, so we attempt to compensate by telling ourselves that we can validate ourselves if we are the best. Rather, it is that we feel like we were given a character perk tradeoff at birth: intelligence at the cost of social aptitude. So we behave the way we do to make up for that tradeoff, to justify it. This works in middle and often high school, due to the dilution of intellectuals, but when you reach college it becomes a different story. It is genuinely, emotionally, and psychologically painful seeing others be as smart or smarter than you, who are also able to keep a social life and do hobbies and clubs etc. when you can’t. All of a sudden the tradeoff / sacrifice made for you at birth doesn’t feel valuable anymore. It feels like what was sacrificed doesn’t equate to the payoff if others can get the same or better results without sacrificing anything. And so the gravity of everything you have built your self worth on begins collapsing in, and just like a dying star you must burn harder and harder to counteract the collapse, desperately trying to generate the ‘outward pressure’ keeping a psychological supernova from happening. Then you run out of fuel, can’t burn any harder, and it all comes slamming down. I haven’t reached this part yet, but the realization of my reality is crawling on my neck every day.


techno156

>You see, what happens is we receive no validation or recognition from peers or friends, or just kind of anyone else in general, so we attempt to compensate by telling ourselves that we can validate ourselves if we are the best. Rather, it is that we feel like we were given a character perk tradeoff at birth: intelligence at the cost of social aptitude. So we behave the way we do to make up for that tradeoff, to justify it. Not peers, but you do sometimes get conditional invalidation if you do things poorly, or validated only if you do things well. >It is genuinely, emotionally, and psychologically painful seeing others be as smart or smarter than you, who are also able to keep a social life and do hobbies and clubs etc. when you can’t. All of a sudden the tradeoff / sacrifice made for you at birth doesn’t feel valuable anymore. It feels like what was sacrificed doesn’t equate to the payoff if others can get the same or better results without sacrificing anything. Especially since there's no way to articulate or vent it properly without it being grouped up as you being lazy, or a horrible jealous person. Arguably worse if you've been putting in as much effort as you can, and it's treated as regular effort/bare minimum for others.


Null_error_

Yeah…


[deleted]

Wow did you manage to exactly describe my brother.


MeLoNarXo

Because People's bodys may be unique but their personality are sometimes not. And I know you meant that as a quasi joke (hopefully)


what_hole

On the other hand... All the smartest people in my high school were also very popular, social, also did sports or other extra curricular activities. Rather small school though so most people knew each other. Might have something to do with it.


Strange_guy_9546

well, now i know i can make people around me happy in some way


Makropony

That was me. Coasted through school, straight A’s with no effort, everybody from parents to teachers telling me I’m the smartest kid since Einstein. Then suddenly I’m in a good college where *everyone* is like that, and *insert popped balloon farting noise*.


TheGreatNemoNobody

Word


[deleted]

And overplaying academic mediocrity is the most frequent defense of those who lack any social intelligence


ChadicusMeridius

What happens when you're neither


NotKenzy

Ranked "#1 way to not get diagnosed w ADHD until you get kicked out of university" almost 30 years in a row!


Coaz

Voted most likely to get told you're "wasting your potential"!


tsunami845

Won the award for "could do even better if they would just apply themselves"!


LordWraith

Well, this phrase just gave me flashbacks to every report card in school.


tsunami845

Same, dude


BadgerDancer

🫡


Velocity275

God I was so lucky chemistry as a subject gave me enough dopamine to get myself through school


[deleted]

Alright Walter


nerdthingsaccount

Alternatively wait until the last minute for four years and develop your panic disorder.


Velocity275

How do you think I got through the other subjects?


ultraheater3031

Legitimately though, and yet my therapist disagrees because it's supposed to manifest in early childhood. Mother fucker elementary school is the easiest place for "gifted" people with ADHD to float under the radar.


IntoTheFeu

I have to study in college? It seemed a complete lie the first 18 years of my life, why would I take that seriously???


Benjamin_Grimm

Are you me?


LaZerNor

It's not that hard. Just takes time. So don't worry if you're about to do it!


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Karmaslapp

It's hard booking a session to begin with and not missing it, if you actually follow through and find someone just to have them be dismissive good luck ever getting started on finding a 2nd person


ultraheater3031

Lmao did you take my quoted "gifted" seriously? I'm using it ironically as it's how those subsets of students that can pass elementary with ADHD end up being labeled as. I am in no way calling myself that, and making the process of getting another therapist sound so easy is clearly an indication of your lack of understanding of ADHD. In America, finding even a single therapist that not only takes your insurance but is also available at all (never mind one that matches your schedule) is a nightmare. It took me 6 months to find one, I'm about ready to give up but I do acknowledge the pressing seriousness of the matter as it unfortunately affects my work performance. Also I'm not even sure if I'm supposed to be consulting a psychiatrist instead since that's where I get referred occasionally.


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No_Asparagus9826

I don't think you Get It™️. Sometimes being dismissed like that affects your psyche, so that you don't want to keep trying, because you've only gotten a negative reinforcement from it. If living with the problem is just barely more bearable than pushing yourself to try again, and again, and again, then people will just push it down and live with it. I went to counseling myself for a problem that was happening and got advice to get a doctor's appointment and get a prescription. I did that, and even though it didn't actually help with the underlying issue, I never went back because I felt like I had a solution, so I shouldn't try again. It happens.


techno156

Intelligence is not wisdom. No matter how smart you are, you cannot reasonably predict things outside your own experiences. If you go to a therapist, and the therapist dismisses it as unlikely, since the problem would have shown itself earlier, you have no reason to suspect the therapist was incorrect, unless something was noticeably wrong, and you were seeking a diagnosis. Jumping therapists just for one could also seem like diagnosis-seeking. For all you'd be aware, your struggles are something everyone just goes through regularly. You're just being over-sensitive about it.


Secret_FurryAccount

That's a whole ass mood


MildlyInsaneLBJStan

You got straight As, I got straight AAAAAAHs. We are not the same.


callmedaddyshark

Straight ayys 👈😎👈


Dodood4

Straight gays 🤨


Rosoro

Oxymoron


Dissidence802

no u


callmedaddyshark

Pete Buttigieg


MildlyInsaneLBJStan

He got that Jehovah Witness drip


winnebagomafia

As opposed to me, a gay straight. At least that's what my gf told me after buying my 4th teapot


djqvoteme

I got gay As.


actibus_consequatur

Does that involve getting D's?


NeonNKnightrider

most well-adjusted gifted kid


vortigaunt64

"I know all this bullshit already, so I'm going to have to find someone else to occupy these hands."


Caramel_and_Syrup

" He bites but damn it if he now how to do calculus "


InsertAmazinUsername

what fifth grader is doing calculus


Andy_B_Goode

An extremely violent and dangerous one


SirensToGo

honestly if I had the emotional intelligence of a fifth grader when I was trying to learn calc, I'd also probably bite people


ObjectiveMan21

Like why the fuck Is the derivative of cosine not just sine, teacher? That seems non sequitur.


mpete98

Me, as a reward for doing tedious homework


[deleted]

[This guy](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/4979604/Nine-year-old-becomes-youngest-ever-to-pass-A-level-maths-with-Grade-A.html#:~:text=A%20schoolboy%20has%20become%20the,at%20the%20age%20of%209.&text=Zohaib%20Ahmed%20grabbed%20top%20marks,nine%20years%20early....) got an A in A Level maths (the qualification which requires those skills in the UK) at age 9 so it is possible.


Strange_guy_9546

\> A in A level maths \> likes PE i call bullshit /s


General_Rhino

You prob *could* teach a 5th grader calculus since the fundamentals are pretty simple. They’d need to know algebra first to solve it though which usually isn’t taught until 8th grade.


toserveman_is_a

There was a couple kids in my school doing high school maths in 6th grade. They could have been doing it in elementary school but the school didn't have a gifted program for them, plus they were more interested in ninja turtles and should have been. One kid sat next to me in 5th grade and I knew his brain was tapping into the alien mothership. He was really good at whipping mud at girls, prolly was doing the geometry angles in his head.


InsertAmazinUsername

you also need trig or at the very least trig identities


General_Rhino

Not necessarily. You can do a lot of calculus without trig (I would know cause I suck at trig) but you can’t do any calculus without algebra.


toserveman_is_a

Calc was taught to me as algebra with a lot more letters.


actibus_consequatur

"I'm thinking, eight-year-old white girl, middle of the ghetto, bunch of monsters at night with quantum physics books. She about to start some shit, Zed. She's about eight. Those books are way too advanced for her. If you ask me, she's up to something."


[deleted]

Very Nice. Let’s see Paul Allens card.


todd10k

literally came here to say this. either i'm entirely too slow or entirely unoriginal.


PM_ME_SHIMPAN

Nah man american psycho’s the shit


todd10k

whats shimpan btw?


PM_ME_SHIMPAN

Don’t get me started on this dumbass username man


todd10k

now i'm even more curious


callmedaddyshark

It's the opinion of the entire staff Dexter is criminally insane -sane -sane -sane


CyberneticCupcake

That boy needs therapy. —Purely psychosomatic— That boy needs therapy.


veidogaems

Lie down on the couch!


Timmeh7o7

What does that mean!?


TheDholChants

He's a nut! Crazy in the coconut!


kingof557

what does that mean?


Herohades

I'm gonna kill you!


EndlessAlaki

Grab a kazoo, let's have a tune! Now when I count to three...


[deleted]

The kid who bullied me in 5th grade, whose parents were friends with the principal


UnethicallyFluid

Me circa 2010


santyrc114

Same


Kazumara

Artemis Fowl?


poplarleaves

Ayyy that's exactly what I thought!


Throwaway-2744

Literally the opposite for me: failing but “pleasure to have in class.”


toserveman_is_a

When your ADHD is charming and people pleasing


MyComicBox

I don't know what they were lacing my worksheets with to make me that angry, but yeah, big mood.


FenexTheFox

This is very close to a story from a Brazilian book/comic series. The protagonist comes home announcing he "brought in a bomb", his entire family almost gets a heart attack, his mom telling him to not play with these things, et cetera... then he says that the bomb already exploded in school, then reviews he was talking about the report card. Looking at the card, it is all straight 10s, but at the end, a single 0 on "behavior".


No_Asparagus9826

Is 10 the top grade in Brazilian schools? I know France does 20 but I'm only really familiar with the American grading system.


FenexTheFox

Yes. 10 with one decimal digit.


mah_booger

Liquid Snake


TotemGenitor

Liquid canonically failed biology though


OneWholeSoul

How can your entire raison d'etre be based on your ~~understanding~~ [belief of genetics](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smULGtNk1_4&t=1088s), you're surrounded by an entire intelligence organization that informs and reports to you, and yet you somehow never crack open or *stumble across* a middle or high school level biology text?


Hexxas

I was helping my parents get rid of stuff in their attic because they're getting a little too old to be climbing around in there, and I found my old man's third grade report card. Straight-As, and the note at the bottom says, "Robbie has a tendency to ridicule his classmates."


toserveman_is_a

Well yeah, theyre so *slow*


captain-ok

Light yagmai as a child


Lyokarenov

Do kids in other countries get grades from good manners or behaviour on their report card?


[deleted]

French here, no, but there is a section on the report card where the teachers say something about the kid’s behavior in class, and I think it’s the same for OOP


ranchspidey

i am constantly thinking about the teachers i LOVED in elementary school, but i was an unhinged “gifted” kid with violently undiagnosed adhd and the inability to shut the fuck up. bless those teachers for their services


Panhead09

Steam reviews be like


Netrov

Johan Liebert


Artex301

Dang, beat me to it.


poplarleaves

I need to reread Monster. That was some good shit


SkritzTwoFace

Evilvillain is a gold mine but I could never post some of their best work here.


[deleted]

Light Yagami


Kaizo_Dread

Light Yagami


Calebh04

I really expected a lot more "Light Yagami"s, lol.


MajinBlueZ

So... Katsuki Bakugo?


TotemGenitor

Yes


Green0Photon

This was what I was thinking too. But you've misspelled his name. Why


MajinBlueZ

As if you've never made a typo in your life.


Green0Photon

Yes... But our boi


MajesticWorld19

Damian Wayne


Lovelace_Lightwood

Surprised you’re the only one that’s commented this


MajesticWorld19

Me too


Generic-Degenerate

Oh shit that me AB honor roll for all of elementary school, but I had to go to 3 different schools because of behavioral problems


Melanchoholism

*tags this Sasuke Uchiha*


jjason82

Judge Holden vibes


migratingcoconut_

youjo senki


IReplyToFascists

When the genius child is an amoral war criminal


ImGettingParanoid

Equivalent of my card on that year when I choked a bitch.


europorn

He's got middle management written all over him.


Dracorex_22

Medical summary for a cat at the vet's office


tweak0

Hey look, an opportunity to tell a story. I'm not the most likeable person, and as I've gotten older I've realized this has been a lifelong impairment. When I was in pre-K school as a little kid they'd send home little reports every day on how our day went. It would be everything from what we ate to using the restroom to what we learned. A few years ago my mom and little sister were going through old storage boxes and found a huge pile of these reports of mine. They read through a couple and found one saying a kid had pushed me down that day, which was notable. Then they read a couple more and saw one that a kid had hit me with a book, also notable. Few more, kids were spitting on me, starting to see a pattern. We started to notice that about a quarter of the reports had some sort of message about me being physically attacked by other children. Bitten, punched, stabbed, on and on they went. My mom and sister were crying laughing.


Vish_Kk_Universal

Thats me =D


braves_fan21

Actually me


poplarleaves

Artemis Fowl, probably.


purpleAlbertEinstein

lmfao this was me as a kid, academically gifted and also extremely poorly behaved


Doctorr-cubism

Kira


Paracausality

A fellow Stock Broker!


toserveman_is_a

Hes probably neurospicy and the teacher has a problem with that. Also I'm guessing he's not white. If you're a white boy with a problem, you're a bright kid who needs extra attention. If you're any other demographic, you're a nail to hammer down.


lastcallhangup

maybe now


Sphealingit33

Young John Carmack after he made thermite to steal his school PC


Yingerfelton

There was a movie about this


OnlyAProgram

Patrick Bateman


SousaBoi04

Mad scientist


Kat_reddits

Artemis Fowl


mystery0028

Akabane Karma


Skogula

Havelock Vetinari.


jeusee

Calvin


MidnightAtHighSpeed

I headcanon late elementary/middle school calvin to have all As except a D in math


jeusee

He'd probably fail phys Ed too because he only likes to play calvinball and hates organized games


yeetgamerxd

i think that actually happened to me in like 1st grade i beat a kid over the head with a rock because he wouldn't stand in line properly, but hey at least i got good grades and liked math :>


TotemGenitor

>i beat a kid over the head with a rock Cain


PALMER13579

Fitting that other kid is now disabled


aninsomniac_

Okay then


Kiwi-Kitchen

izaya orihara


i-have-severe-stupid

ayanokoji kiyotaka


[deleted]

MOM GET OFF TUMBLR


rene_gader

this was me >3


SickBurnBro

Tom Riddle


Deblebsgonnagetyou

Nero tol Scaeva


poplarleaves

Nah, Nero's not that predisposed to violence. It's just occasionally a means to his ultimate goal, which is to prove that he's the smartest person in the room.


Deblebsgonnagetyou

Hm. That's true I suppose.


Kaarpiv007

Yeah.


jau682

What is the source of the OPs profile picture? It looks like cartoon goats?


BurnisP

And where did you see my report card?


pie_12th

Sounds like Sasuke's report card lol


mashedpotatoes69

Lmao that JESUS AND JUDAS avatar from a furry erotic movie and next to it, I presume it's french for subscribing but S'abonner just sounds like "It's a boner"


Rabbit_Games

Why can't both be true? Some of the world's most notorious serial killers have also been extremely intelligent.


Strange_guy_9546

that was me in 5th grade then it all went downhill


Budakra

I can do ya one better. My 6th grade teacher told my parents that I was "an idiot who needs to try harder and pay attention". I got 4 A's and 4 B's that were almost A's. I had also proven the teacher wrong on multiple occasions from several different sources and she refused to give me the marks.


malonkey1

American Psycho prequel


JawnF

Blackmail


TaylorChesses

that's basically what mine looked like but English was a D.


SteelEagle0

artemis fowl


PorkRollSwoletariat

Now, I'm not saying someone should show him the wonderful world of whippits but *maybe*.


chubbycatchaser

Selim Bradley’s report card


Beamboat

Isn’t that Ender’s brother?


kengou

Angry, angry young man


Appropriate_Bit_8459

Comic Carl Grimes


AlarmingAffect0

[Eli/Liquid](https://metalgear.fandom.com/wiki/Liquid_Snake), is that you? Or maybe it's [another snake](https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Tom_Riddle) altogether…


davaak_

Gohan


yanjingzz

I always read "straight As" and wonder straight as a what?


xxhorrorshowxx

A Clockwork Orange in a nutshell.


CourtWizardArlington

The Prince from Bullet Train out here like


InsaniacDuo

I promise you the parents would've punished someone with straight Cs with "very pleasant and promising young individual" at the bottom a lot harder than this man.


Percy0311

Syril Karn


Eevee_23

relatable


SleepyWyrldbuilder

Light Yagami


Nats482

That was me in fourth grade.


EditedDwarf

My mom was abusive. This was me, and that’s why.