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Yes, ditto that acs. I was all about the privileges.

Plus the stuff near the end of the article about how a girl will run the school as she underachieves, but then she'll hit something she actually has to work at, and she'll feel stupid and question her own worth...that was me, too. I had some "dark nights of the soul" there over that very issue. That one hit me hard, too.

Reasons to watch out even if a kid seems happy! And reasons to be glad that I have a boy who acted out when he was miserable! I'd take that any time, for his sake! Squeaky wheel and all that...

Here's one of the few ENTPs piping up. I laughed my way through the article too - it's strange to see past experiences so clearly outlined. And I don't know if this was a gender thing too, but I remember sitting in a class, noticing that no one else was raising his/her hand, and thinking "hmmm. i thought this was an easy question. If nobody knows it, i must be wrong. I won't raise my hand either..." This happened all the way through law school! I guess it took having a smart kid to realize that I was one too.