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Hey is it possible for one to be bright and at the same time be very forgetful? I never understood why I am like that. Laziness maybe?
I was some of smartest kids at my deaf school. But they never had resources to place kids like me in advanced or gifted classes. I kinda got ignored in middle and high school. I even asked to be placed in honor classes but they said they cannot because they don't have anything like that for students like me. So in the end, I just got sick of it and transferred to public school to get more challenge but because I transferred so late they did not place me in honor classes. That was okay because I was still adapting to different pace of their education system than those in deaf school. My sis was placed in gifted program.
But yeah, I hear the comments that I am "smart" all the time and even won award for highest GPA at deaf school. Now I look at that award and don't really feel proud of it. I just feel a bit ashamed for getting that award for some reason.
I was in top 10% in public school despite not being in honor classes and I am currently attending graduate school.
But yet one of my weakness is whether I don't use skills I tend to forget them. Dunno why. This is one reason I should have been placed in advanced classes so I can be challenged.
I was one of those day dreamer, at deaf school I was so bored that a lot of time I ended up wandering in "other" world. Heh. That probably saved my sane.
It is such a shame that my deaf school did not provide anything to aid "gifted" or "bright" students during my time. Hopefully, other deaf schools provide something for those kids.
I just think in the end, whether you are bright or not, if you are deaf then you won't get equal access to education in some places anyway.
Since I am a faculty at a deaf school and able to understand the policies and how things are run. I have asked about why many deaf schools didnt have programs for gifted students and I was told that the problem was with the state approving to establish a budget for gifted programs. Many educators and administrators agreed that deaf schools should offer them but due to the small number of gifted deaf students, the proposals made to the state has been turned down. As usual, it is all politics when it comes to the budget.