Education

seems to be slowly crawling towards equality

but the "quality" in equality is slowing being extracted.

 

I am the biggest advocate you will find

for giving kids the education their skills need

and for individualized plans.

But when will legislators

and board members

and principals

and PTO moms 

remember 

that the gifted child needs individualized education too.

That child shouldn't be weighed down 

by another child receiving the education they need.

One child shouldn't be hindered to help another.

 

Education

is slowly crawling towards equality.

 

But when will intelligence be rewarded?

College applications

and scholarships

and community members

and school administrators

and local newspapers

report and praise the kid with a 2.0

who ran the fastest mile

or caught the winning pass

or who secretly cheats on their math test to maintain that 2.0.

 

But tell them you have a 4.0, unweighted, and a 4.67 weighted,

and they'll want more.

"What sports do you play?"

"What clubs are you in?"

"How do you help your community?"

 

I spend every ounce of intellect and critical thought

trying to get something out of my state mandated, paperwork filled education,

and I have.

I've become a better person in AP English.

I've prepared myself for college in APUSH.

I've taken AP Calc because" it would look bad not to take a math your senior year"

even though I will be a history major 

and never have to calculate the area under the curve ever again in my life.

 

When will my intelligence and my drive and my passion for learning be enough?

I am smart.

I am gifted.

I am lucky.

But I work for everything I have.

Recognize that.