#16 “Gifted” Children
January 22, 2008 by clander
White people love “gifted” children, do you know why? Because an astounding 100% of their kids are gifted! Isn’t that amazing?
I’m pretty sure the last non-gifted white child was born in 1962 in Reseda, CA. Since then, it’s been a pretty sweet run.
The way it works is that white kids that are actually smart are quickly identified as “gifted” and take special classes and eventually end up in college and then law school or med school.
But wait, aren’t there white people who aren’t doctors or lawyers, or even all that smart?
Well, here is another one of those awesome white person win-win situations.
Because if a white kid gets crappy grades and can’t seem to ever do anything right in school, they are still gifted! How you ask? They are just TOO smart for school. They are too creative, too advanced to care about the trivial minutiae of the day to day operations of school.
Eventually they will show their creativity in their elaborate constructions of bongs and intimate knowledge different kinds of mushrooms and hash.
This is important if you ever find yourself needing to gain white person acceptance. If you see their kid playing peacefully, you say “oh, he/she seems very focused, are they in a gifted program?” at which point the parent will say “yes.” Or if the kid is lighting a dog on fire while screaming at their mother, you say “my he/she is a creative one. Is he/she gifted?” To which the parent will reply “oh, yes, he’s too creative and smart for school. We just don’t know what to do.” Either situation will put a white person in a better mood and make them like you more.
But NEVER under any circumstance imply that their child is less than a genius. The idea that something could come from them and be less than greatness is too much for them to bear.
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Maybe that is why there is so little support for the arts in high school because white people every were would have to face the fact that their child is actually not all that talented. I was never in the gifted program in high school and had never thought I was all that “gifted” until I got to college and then I found out I have a natural talent for art and design. So I don’t have much respect for high schools or their “gifted” programs, seeing as they only focus on one side of the brain.
Learning about the arts isn’t very lucrative. However, learning science, math, and engineering often leads to very lucrative careers, which help to build our economy. It’s kind of a waste of tax money to stress the arts in public schools.
Learning about the arts is scientifically proven to enhance students’ ability to excel in science, math, engineering, and multiple other subjects. For example, learning and performing on a musical instrument involves a great deal of complicated and fast-paced mathematical calculations, as well as physical dexterity and intense focus.
no offense 1337, but I completely disagree. The basics concepts of the visual arts are used wide range of professions. Any profession which deals with visual aesthetics are going need a basis in visual arts and that include numerous professions such as architects, advertisers, interior designers, graphic designers, web designers, and just about any profession ending in “design.” All of the above professions employ millions of people and each can be just as profitable as a career in science or engineering. I could go into more detail about how learning about the arts can be just as beneficial as math and science, but it seems rather off topic of for the blog “Gifted Children.” I probably shouldn’t have brought it up in the first place.
As usual, a very funny post. I get a kick out of this site. I really enjoy reading the comments by people that take this site so serious.
Oh, and I agree with Accipiter, when I was in school they gave awards for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. I am sick and tired of people sugar coating lazy, slow, or stupid. Are you fat, stupid, or lazy? Don’t feel bad, its not your fault. Yes, it is your fault and please feel bad about it. Maybe you could work on bettering yourself. if you don’t want to better yourself you don’t have to, just don’t bitch because you are mediocre.
As much as white people don’t want to admit it, white people do have stupid kids, very very stupid, fat, and lazy kids. But white people we are not alone so don’t feel too bad.
I love the blog, keep it up!
I really enjoy reading the comments by people who take this site so seriously.
So- are you stupid or lazy?
Niels Buick – stuff black people don’t like – the smell of your momma’s stank used up vagina, which is large enough to store a Buick IN, dont ya know? LOL.
How is the spelling on that, loser?
lmaoo now that’s just nasty lmaoooo
yeah, the other parents were crying in the hallways back in Kindergarten when their kids did’t make it into G/T. Unfortunately, 3 out of 4 of the G/T teachers have STUNK. We homeschooled our gifted kid, who mostly read all the time & still got the highest SAT score in the state. With the Internet, bright kids can self-educate once they learn to read (which happens pretty early with truly G/T kids, with IQs over140.
Haha, talk about embodiment of the original post. Or is this a joke?
Growing up smart will make kids lazy. My BF and I were one of those smart kids. Both our parents were poor working class people and used to be poor farmers. They didn’t care about “gifted” or accelerated programs.
In grade school, I remember not working on my homework because I knew I will get the 100% on tests. I only worked enough to pass – because I was lazy. I would get the highest score even without a calculator.
If I finished the quizes first, my teacher would make me grade my classmates quizes. I also used that opportunity to get extra candy from kids that failed the test. A snickers bar would get a C.
I was a slick little girl.
I hated school because some teachers did not appreciate young mouthy slackers. So when I was 11, I decided to study to skip a grade – and I went through 7th and 8th grade in one year.
My BF started reading at 2 and also became a lazy kid. He met President Clinton as an award for getting the highest scores in all standardized exams from 1st-8th grade. He graduated high school with 2.5 GPA but perfect SAT scores.
My BF slept all the time in class. In our Physics 4 class, the professor asked a difficult question and nobody raised their hands. The professor called on my sleeping BF, and he gave the correct answer.
Everyone in our class were stunned that this guy knew the answer in his sleep. Our college buddies and professor still talk about that incident. Lucky b*stard slept through most of his classes and still graduated with honors.
My sister was the hard working average student. I remember she would study until 2AM. She even worked hard on those stupid Kaplan PSAT and SAT review classes. The poor girl was angry that the my score was still 200 points higher.
My sister became decent hardworking adult, working up to 70 hours a week. She will probably become an executive in her mid-30s. I am always proud of her accomplishments. She did it all by just by working hard and sacrifice.
If I had a choice between having a smart/gifted kid or hardworking average kid, I would rather have hardworking kid. All kids should be taught to study hard, work hard and be decent people.
The obsession with “gifted” kids is a waste of money.
Oh pleas–can’t you at least be honest on anonymous forum? You’d rather have a brilliant kid rather than a dull plodder. Another characteristic of white people–bogus, passive-aggressive humility. Of course people would rather be gifted than average, just as they’d rather be beautiful than plain or rich than poor. Being arrogant about being smart is annoying, but sheer BS is even worse.
“My BF and I were one of those smart kids.”
Obviously not. You can’t have “one kids.”
i was labeled gifted in 1st grade, (my mother is white), and the teacher used to give me different work than all the other kids which made me feel weird…….I was taught to read at 2 1/2 years old but I just thought it was because my mom was a hippie and spent too much time with me trying to expand my mind…..LOL
I, like you, turned out extremely lazy, felt I was above homework etc. and am still lazy to this day at an extremely boring desk job slacking off as we speak.
Being gifted SUCKS if my dad had married a fellow Puerto Rican instead of my white mom I would never have had these problems
LMAO
Why do you think anyone reading this blog cares about how smart you are? I can’t work out if you’re making fun of yourself or you are actually that self obsessed
i think people are starting to lose it here.
supposedly the funny part of this blog: all white people think that their kids are gifted.
without talking about my children or myself, I would just say that accelerated learning is indeed necessary for some children and adults. if everyone is equally gifted as a child, why do some become outstanding adults and win novel prizes and olympic medals while others end up being “plain” scientists, athletes or janitors? People are not equal in anything except civil rights. and when some parents want their kids to get into gifted program they transfer the civil rights into intellectual or artistic talents. I think that the cut off of most gifted programs is just too low, some start at about 130 points only. today this is the “average’, as as a whole , earth population grew smarter—
Kids and adults with IQs above 150 will always have problems with fitting it, making friends with classmates and sticking to the school curriculum.
Stuff Black People Like: …Terrible spelling.
Stuff black people like: Rhythmic poetry became “rap” and “hip-hop”, a huge multibillion dollar industry grew out of the “ghettos” of Harlem and Hollis, Queens into the Greenwich village and recording offices of Madison Avenue, Manhattan. Don’t forget the politicized “Gangsta rap” straight outta Compton moved upward to Hollywood. +
I remember when the yuppy shit was moving in my neighborhood – these assholes would only send their kids to ding dong school in Harlem (of all places) or the Upper West Side bc they had “gifted” programs. These kids also ate the sand from the sandbox (yeah, no shit bc I saw them doing it).
Yuppy dickheads love bragging how their kids are gifted – every one of these kids is a fucking genius being raised by 2 assholes for parents.
I grew up in the ’80s, when being “gifted” meant you would grow up to afford more cocaine than any other white kid.
In the 90s, the gifted were the ones on ritalin more than any other white kid. And in the 2000′s, the gifted were the ones on zoloft with the black box warnings for white kids.
The meaning of “outcast” changed as well: To be gifted in the 80s would turn punk, in the 90s to turn grunge and in the 2000s to turn emo: become sad, violent and suicidal. +
i had always been told how gifted i was by my doting parents but didn’t make the ‘gifted’ cut when i tested in junior high. nothing was ever said and it was almost like it was unspeakable. i was then very insecure about my intelligence for many years. now that i have some perspective it makes me angry that my parents’ insecurities were so easily transferred to me. i’ve lived in japan (haha! i’m so white…) for a while and it’s interesting to note how unimportant being ‘smart’ is in this culture of self-deprecation and modesty. japanese parents just say how ‘stupid’ their child is and keep any pride they may have hidden away.
So true. When I was a kid, there was none of this ‘everyone’s a winner!’ crap. At Field Day, there was first, second, and third place. If you came in fourth, you got nothing. And it was good for kids! That kid that came in fourth would be determined to do better next time, instead of encouraging him to remain lazy.
What does it do to kids when you say they’re all gifted? It says they’ll get the same amount of praise if they don’t put any effort into anything.
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