[myself248]

Wow, that's a warped description if I ever heard one. I always felt like "gifted" was a label given to kids who were out-of-place in a normal classroom, to justify having special education so they were less likely to disrupt class or kill themselves out of boredom.

[ukyrgf]

Hm, for me it meant I mostly stuck with the same student peer group throughout grade school, I think we got to skip some standardizes tests, and I was able to get a school bus to the bigger schools even though I was way out in the sticks. I had to go through an aptitude test and even though I was only like 7 I still remember sitting in the car after and being mad at myself for missing a question about "another word for water" being H20.

[emteycz]

Yours is the warped one. Gifted student programs are very common, and while they are sometimes used for what you say, it's not the designated purpose.