I loved school (at times) too, GeoMamma. It was great to escape home for a few hours a day and have that independence. Plus the teachers were easier to please than my Mamma, and showed it. I think a lot of us Group 2ers loved school.
Ellipses, I speculate that if tracking had continued through Junior High you'd definitely be in the 3rd group. One of the lucky ones. It does sometimes happen that school IS a good fit for a gifted kid!
I guess the key question for my model is - when you hit Jr High, how did you react to the situation? My hope would be that you didn't blame yourself, but did your early good start allow you to roll with the punches and wait it out until High School and continue to be an achiever? Did you end up as an achiever or an underachiever? I guess my prediction is that group oners drop out of school physically or emotionally for a while, and either get recycled in high school or college and become that great suprise when a teacher 'saves' a kid, or go their own way outside system, or join group 3 and find a way to make the best of school.
Peace,
Grinity
