Wow, you should be put in the advanced level!

Started by Palamon November 13th, 2015 4:01 PM
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Palamon

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How does PC feel about being put in advanced levels of things? Be it school, games, etc.
I was actually moved up a year in school along with a couple of other people...it was quite intimidating and very lonely, as I was younger than everyone else. Flattering, and it went straight to my head when I was a kid, but I think the drawbacks outweighed the benefits, at least psychologically. Being considered smarter than your average bear was awesome, though.

As for advanced levels in games...only if there is a trophy for it.

SeleneHime

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After leaving the public school environment, of which it never really got a chance to go to my head because they equated deafness=must go into a scaled back program, I mostly just appreciated that my mom (who was the one to take over on the teaching aspect) actually challenged me, even if that meant getting textbooks and programs a few years ahead of my actual age group. I was forever bored in public school and actually had a fifth grade book taken from me in first grade because "that's too advanced for you, sweetie" when I was reading junior-to-highschool level novels at home. Sure, a few of the sexual concepts in those books flew right over my head, but I ran out of things to read at my level so I kept going ... Pretty sure the only book I truly regret trying to read as a kid was Stephan King's It, actually. That was a wee bit much.

If I hadn't failed Algebra II (advanced math was the bane of my existence since she was good at it and didn't understand what I didn't get), I would've graduated even earlier than I already did. Honestly, though? I'm even more grateful to have been homeschooled with every following horror story I hear about how the "gifted" students are shunted into inadequate programs or being accused of cheating when the work just isn't hard enough.

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I've never really been very good at advanced level things. However, it depends on how advanced it is or what it is you consider to be advanced. If it's something I have a greater interest in, then it'd be easier. If it's something I have very little interest in though, I'm more likely to give up and run instead. I can't even play advanced mode in games because it poses far too much of a challenge against my special needs. :c

Bay

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being put in AP classes made me feel special!
I was in a few AP classes myself! I admit I didn't get high scores when doing the AP tests, but I still appreciate the challenge those classes gave me.
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Im in all honors, except in math. Im currently taking college algebra and i am disappointed in myself for not making it on to pre-calc. However, technically college algebra is advanced. Im a sophomore in a class with all juniors and seniors. In AP Euro, I am with seniors.

in honors spanish II, Im with freshmen lol.

I like being in advanced classes. I dont really have any talents, so its sort of "my thing."

Cherrim

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idk, I never minded. I was put in gifted classes in elementary school and I did enjoy the challenge. I sometimes wish I'd had the same opportunity in high school but I gave it up to go to an arts school instead. :/ Now, I don't feel gifted or advanced at all (if anything I'm way behind, lol) so it's a bit weird to reconcile with what felt like the default growing up. *shrug* I guess lately I've been more content to coast through most things on easy mode rather than try to challenge myself. It feels kind of sad to say that, though, so maybe I should rethink my recent philosophies. :P


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