The existence of so-called gifted persons such as yourself does present some difficulty to the blank slate crowd. Sadly, they appear to have settled on reducing or eliminating testing as well as tracking into gifted programs as a way to cut that gordian knot. Their alternative is more subjective measures, where I imagine at least some of your teachers would have been inclined to grade you poorly despite your grasp of the material.

It’s disappointing, but also amusing. When I was in high school Harrison Bergeron was assigned reading. And it’s a great loss too, but one that most people won’t even notice. Observe how much skepticism your personal testimony gets from those who cannot even imagine what it’s like to have extremely high intelligence.