girl genius (Score 1)

As a female with an IQ well over 200, school has been hell. When you taught yourself to read at 2 and are reading college-level books before starting school, Dick & Jane are an insult. It becomes even more pathetic when the traditional means of identifying a student are such that us extremists can be overlooked because we're wrecking havoc in the school and too bored to "achieve". Most tests were too easy to be worth taking seriously. Also, while the author mentions that the Davidson school doesn't "mirror" America because it has fewer minorities and women than white males, I can attest as a minority female that I was repeatedly overlooked. One teacher told me straight out that I could not handle his advanced math course because of my gender and ethnicity. Although articles like this that bring attention to our situation are hopefully positive in the long run, I think they are also detrimental to us geniuses who are above the "genius profile" of 155-170 IQ. Those students probably do test well and show their precocity in more traditional ways. I sabotaged numerous tests because I was forced to take them and they were too stupid to be worth my time. Even the accelerated math courses offered at places like Davidson were too easy and slow. Numerous teachers pushed me on to others because they couldn't answer my questions or challenge me. I know several genius women who were and are overlooked because they don't fit the genius profile (white male who acts a certain way).