• Pandantic [they/them]@midwest.social
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    19 days ago

    My gifted program (late 90s) literally consisted of:

    • playing Oregon Trail
    • playing Carmen Sandiego
    • making a puzzle
    • making and presenting an invention ~
    • drawing pretty designs with a compass without knowing the actual math behind it ~
    • making a didgeridoo and a rain stick

    ~ these classes were literally in a closet which was a part time “gifted” room.

    What I wished they’d taught:

    • how to study
    • how to manage your time
    • how and why to set goals for yourself
    • how to start new habits
    • how to be persistent
    • LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world
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      19 days ago

      Dang, THAT was the entirety of your school’s genius program? I assume your school was not in an affluent area.