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When Gifted Education Investment Becomes Toxic Pressure

My parents spent forty thousand dollars on private gifted schools and tutors and I ended up dropping out of MIT because the pressure to be exceptional broke something inside me.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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External investment in giftedness has transformed natural ability into an unbearable burden of obligation.

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“Where Are You with Gifted education and its discontents?”

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