Sarah's Scribbles by Sarah Andersen for April 09, 2016
April 06, 2016
April 13, 2016
Transcript:
Elementary school
What a smart child! She's clearly gifted!
Middle school
Wow, you are exceptionally smart for your age!
High school
So intelligent! So promising!
College
Hey! Hey. Reality
You are utterly average. Reality
Telling kids they’re smart is just setting them up to be fragile little hothouse flowers that wilt at the first breeze of discontent. Once you’re out of school, effort matters more. Or having rich parents.
Opposite happened for me. Since age of 4, jealous older sister tells everyone I am a criminal out for no good; only reason I had good grades was that I cheated. So all through school was treated as stupid and nefarious. By end of high school, was ranked in top 10. In college volunteered for psychology department testing. Found out I have IQ of 140. What a waste of a childhood. This was emotionally cathartic.
morningglory73 Premium Member about 8 years ago
Yep.
Brass Orchid Premium Member about 8 years ago
The slower children didn’t make it that far.At the end of the race, spectacular and rare is just average.
fuzzybritches about 8 years ago
yep as well. The problem is, when family remember the earlier version, and start asking “why didn’t you do more/better?”
wsash about 8 years ago
This! This is so true…
bfrg45 about 8 years ago
And along with being told I was so smart, they said I had long fingers so I should be a great pianist. Nope.
sizer99 about 8 years ago
Telling kids they’re smart is just setting them up to be fragile little hothouse flowers that wilt at the first breeze of discontent. Once you’re out of school, effort matters more. Or having rich parents.
Will Henry creator about 8 years ago
Boom
Rough Cut about 8 years ago
Opposite happened for me. Since age of 4, jealous older sister tells everyone I am a criminal out for no good; only reason I had good grades was that I cheated. So all through school was treated as stupid and nefarious. By end of high school, was ranked in top 10. In college volunteered for psychology department testing. Found out I have IQ of 140. What a waste of a childhood. This was emotionally cathartic.
Cindy Ray Buckles about 8 years ago
college was great for me.
Fujicream almost 8 years ago
Girl, im more crazy then you will ever be, depends, on who makes me crazy, cuz im crazy about this comic
kf6rro about 4 years ago
This is why we shouldn’t be handing out participation trophies.
KaiTheSeaCat about 3 years ago
oOoF