Some may say that "haters" of gifted kids do exist. They may be teachers, but certainly not all teachers. The "haters" may also be relatives, other kids, and even jealous parents.
While individual motivations may vary greatly, the "haters" are those who find the "gifted" kids inconvenient and try to wish them away, possibly ignoring their obvious skills and abilities, undermining, marginalizing, ostracizing, isolating, discouraging, insulting, and/or accusing them of being elitist, privileged, overly invested in, etc.
There has been a hope that the "haters" might become more open-minded and accepting by others raising awareness, illuminating, and demonstrating understanding of the needs of gifted kids. Recent decades have seen some significant works (books, organizations, camps, advances in testing & identification, psychology & neurology, and a plethora of homeschooling supports), yet the field of education has seemed especially resistant to acknowledge that innately gifted kids exist, have unique educational needs, and a right to curriculum and pacing at their appropriate level, in the company of intellectual peers.
