“wow this kid is really smart, though curiously only when it comes to science stuff they find interesting… And how strange, they don’t seem to have any friends and they barely talk to other kids, in fact they seem much more comfortable talking to adults… Oh well, i’m sure that’s normal”
“Oh my god where did all these autism diagnoses come from all of a sudden? It must be something in the water!”
In my case the “gift” was undiagnosed neurodivergence and that seems to be the case for a lot of people.
“wow this kid is really smart, though curiously only when it comes to science stuff they find interesting… And how strange, they don’t seem to have any friends and they barely talk to other kids, in fact they seem much more comfortable talking to adults… Oh well, i’m sure that’s normal”
“Oh my god where did all these autism diagnoses come from all of a sudden? It must be something in the water!”
Yep! Only I was in the “could be good if she applied herself” group
Ah, fellow late diagnosed ADHDer
Those teacher notes still occasionally visit me in my nightmares.