retired_steevo93

Just unspeakably jealous of the sheer brilliance that oozes from your every utterance sir. </BLOCKQUOTE>

Didn't know you had a problem with me. Meh.

Stings

Worth pointing out that it's not just the school that puts pressure on people.

retired_steevo93

JK, Saha et al: Just as I expected, and I experienced something rather similar. Now watch as that becomes endemic in the state system.

retired_bball3378

I don’t. Really. Aside from giggling at the industrial strength pomposity I’ve no issue with you or your style. In fact I admire the way you won’t dumb down your content for the proles.

Stings

Interestingly I got labelled much the same musically but never had any pressure placed on me as it was just seen as a hobby when I was younger.

retired_steevo93

Ha ha f**king ha.

retired_steevo93

Obviously that wasn't addressed to Saha.

retired_bball3378

My abject failure to live up to supposed promise was simply down to rank laziness and immaturity rather than the pressures applied by a system or a label. It was only half way through my A-levels that it dawned on me that some level of work would be required if little Jamie was going to continue to saunter down the proscribed path. Unfortunately, I said ‘ah **** it’ and didn’t get my arse even remotely into gear for another 3 years by which time I’d been drummed out of University.

Still, all’s well that ends well. I may not have a 1st or an MA, but I’ve a good job and can turnaround work in minutes that others would take hours to deliver…more then enough to lord it over the mere mortals. My talents still enable me to get results that my efforts don’t deserve.

retired_v_meenucancer

i didn't need a gifted and talented programme to tell me how gifted and talented i was

and i still am

retired_shellmac13

The gifted and talented program at my school was so rubbish that it didn't make a blind bit of difference to me either way.