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the label they gave you at seven that you're still paying off at thirty-five.
means a school system's way of flagging a kid who tests well early, often mistaken for a lifelong guarantee of exceptional ability.
from tracks back to early 20th-century intelligence testing, especially lewis terman's 1920s stanford studies tracking high-IQ children he literally called termites, which cemented the idea that raw childhood aptitude predicts adult greatness.
terman's termitestracked 1500 gifted kids, few became famous
burnout pipelinemany gifted kids later struggle with basic study skills
twice exceptionalgifted plus learning disabled is a real diagnosis
praise trappraising intelligence over effort lowers later performance
for instance
lewis terman study — 1921 stanford project followed gifted kids for decades
davidson institute — nevada nonprofit serving profoundly gifted youth since 1999
child prodigy burnout — documented pattern among former quiz bowl and chess prodigies