princess-neville:

as someone who was labeled a “gifted kid” as a child i understand the intense pressure that creates and how soul-crushing it can be to not live up to the “smart kid” label but I really do not think it is worse or as bad as being labeled stupid or “not bright” or one of the “bad kids” as a child (especially in a school system that is racist and ableist), idk how anyone could argue that it is.