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[–] [email protected] 144 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I am good with knowing my deficiencies. What sucks is being told that they are my fault because I should be "smart enough to overcome them".

[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Agreed 100%, being a specialist in something always has led to someone taking a pot shot at your deficiencies.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

Or being a jack of all trades and getting potshots for not being an expert in everything just because you pick up the basics quickly.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's actually insane how many teachers and other education professionals waved me off with 'you're smart enough, just try harder' while I was obviously suicidally depressed and extremely dysfunctional. Having undiagnosed autism because I was a teenage girl in the '00s was fun.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Girls, undiagnosed autism, and suicidal tendencies? Name me a more iconic trio!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Ah, the ol' "here's the test here's exactly what you need to do to be successful" followed by "lol that was never the real test."