I have a theory that some of those kids end up being underachievers, and some end up throttling down so that they fit in with everyone else.
I have no real evidence, only anecdotal. But OMG yes! I cannot tell you the number of jobs I've literally worked myself out of. I took on everything they gave me and was still bored. And that made other people look bad, so they got rid of me. Or I caught up a six-month backlog in 6 weeks, so they literally didn't need me anymore.
Wow. I too am from the years before "gifted" programs. So I never really thought about it. But I sure as hell always have been stubborn!
I have another theory that gifted/former gifted kids don't feel like they fit in anywhere until they stumble across some little niche group of other gifted/former gifted kids. I look around my little circle of friends and most of them probably fit this.
When my sister and I were young we fit most of this list, but my parents didn't know what to do with us... and anything suggested cost more money than they had ... so we faded to blend in... and then we enetered the insurance world and it crushed us for good.
One of the things I've enjoyed about finding the SCA is that now I have an outlet. I can be creative. I can work out how to design patterns while traveling or waiting for programs to complete. I never thought I was a perfectionist until I started weaving.
One interchange between me and a student last weekend on how to back out of mistakes in 3/1 twill: Her: how do you back out? Me: Ummm. Don't make mistakes? Her: yeah, but after you do? Me: Ummm. ... ... ... Gimme sec, lemme develop a way of backing out.
And now I know how to back out in 3/1 twill. Sorta. Well enough to explain to an advanced student. (I'd never needed to before, because I was insanely careful about double checking cards when I started, and now I spot the mistake early enough I don't have to back out multiple rows.)
On the one hand, I wish I could find that kind of job, but on the other hand, since it's a hobby I don't have to worry about pleasing the boss until I start teaching and selling patterns more regularly. :)
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I have a theory that some of those kids end up being underachievers, and some end up throttling down so that they fit in with everyone else.
I have no real evidence, only anecdotal. But OMG yes! I cannot tell you the number of jobs I've literally worked myself out of. I took on everything they gave me and was still bored. And that made other people look bad, so they got rid of me. Or I caught up a six-month backlog in 6 weeks, so they literally didn't need me anymore.
Wow. I too am from the years before "gifted" programs. So I never really thought about it. But I sure as hell always have been stubborn!
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I'd say that shoe fits
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*smoothes out the wrinkles on Jenn*
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One interchange between me and a student last weekend on how to back out of mistakes in 3/1 twill:
Her: how do you back out?
Me: Ummm. Don't make mistakes?
Her: yeah, but after you do?
Me: Ummm. ... ... ... Gimme sec, lemme develop a way of backing out.
And now I know how to back out in 3/1 twill. Sorta. Well enough to explain to an advanced student. (I'd never needed to before, because I was insanely careful about double checking cards when I started, and now I spot the mistake early enough I don't have to back out multiple rows.)
On the one hand, I wish I could find that kind of job, but on the other hand, since it's a hobby I don't have to worry about pleasing the boss until I start teaching and selling patterns more regularly. :)
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