I'm not lucky enough to teach this kid, but I participated in a conversation with other teachers at school who are fed up with one of their so-called honors students. We'll call him Rob. Rob likes to tell his teachers that the reason he is ostracized by other students is not because he is obnoxious and unlikable, but because he is actually smarter than everyone. He is also smarter than his teachers, who are jealous of him. Their jealousy and failure to recognize his brilliance are, he argues, the reason why he has been a B student since leaving middle school. This little prodigy tells teachers and kids this kind of stuff to their faces.
The capper? During a parent-teacher conference, Rob's parents (and I suppose we should have seen this coming) informed his teachers en masse that Rob's incredible intelligence, not his poor judgment and offensive lack of social skills were the reason for his current lack of success in the world of high school. In fact, the problem is that Rob "really is" smarter than most of his teachers.
Thanks, parents, for crippling your already obnoxious son. I predict that he will be beaten to death in prison for walking up to the head of the Haitian mafia and saying, "I'm better at everything than you."
Oh, how this reminds me of my days teaching "highly gifted students" every day.
ReplyDeleteYou did really well on one test in the second grade. Then your parents, who are probably assholes, anyway, tell you how smart you are every single day of your life. Then, even though you're ugly, smell, and can't communicate with those around you, you convince yourself that you are indeed, a GENIUS! And expect others to bow down and worship you.