“In elementary school … you really just want to hang out with your friends,” communications junior Willow Hackett said. “As you grow up and you go through the education system in America, you kind of lose your motivation to keep those skills going once people stop telling you you’re so talented once you reach high school.”Īs such, kids that are identified as gifted when they are younger are more likely to suffer from anxiety and perfectionism, adult depression, and lower social self-esteem. You are so good at reading,’” theatre sophomore Avery Whitacre said. ![]() “Kids told when they were in elementary school, ‘You’re so smart. For Gen Z kids scrolling through TikTok on a day-to-day (or hour-to-hour) basis, it is nearly impossible to miss the thousands of videos of teens and young adults describing their experiences with “gifted kid burnout.”įor context, these videos refer to kids who were formally placed in the gifted program in elementary or middle school (usually achieved by taking an IQ test), who are now feeling less motivated and as though they “peaked” at younger ages. ![]() “It’s just really impacting my self-esteem and my mental health.” “I can’t reach the standards that I’ve made for myself,” she said. Now that Tickner is in high school, she finds it more difficult to find the fun in going to school every day. It was way more interesting because I understood the material and I liked being told that I was good at it.” ![]() She walked into school every day with newfound excitement and “thought it was easy” while still having time to balance the responsibilities of being a fifth grader in gifted-level classes. Communications freshman Isabella Tickner devoured high school-level books at a young age.
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