Thanks, Ben, I agree.

In particular, I found the post describing details about her son's underachievement to be in bad taste. Way too much information about someone other than the author who has to live with the consequences of what she wrote. He looked pretty young in those photos, and to me, it was too much.

Originally Posted by Crushing Tall Poppies
...learn what gifted really means, what life is like for a truly gifted child and how difficult it is to be a gifted adult.

TBH, I also fatigue of the line about how hard it is to be really smart. Yeah, I don't always connect with everyone, and there are other frustrations, but honestly...emphasizing this idea as though being really smart makes life so incredibly tough is a bit like a multimillionaire complaining about hard it is to keep track of all his money.

I can see that other people could see this phrase as example of a clueless person whinging about something that's basically a nice problem to have. You think it's hard being wealthy? Try poverty. You think it's hard being smart? Try being dumb.

Last edited by Val; 09/15/14 01:05 PM.