[ziikutv]

I would also like to point out that while there might not be any direct drawbacks, think about others. How many kids put down those smarter to feel better about themselves?

Another disagreement: Not all intelligent people are highly social. Many are introverted.

Intelligent or introverted kids get bullied the most.

[Retric]

Your assuming kids are accurately measuring intelegence and then picking on the smartest person. Instead they are picking on an outlier who may be less intelegent than other people in the population with different interests.

[ziikutv]

Fair point.