Cunderthunt
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Hi all. Long time lurker. Finally made an account because I’m bedridden with period pain and have fuck all else to do.
Going back to a while ago and Jack's pride at coming 84th out of 2000 in her entrance exams to her grammar school. The school only has 1050 pupils aged 11-18, so presumably they only allow in 150 pupils per year.
So 84th out of the 150 who gained a place. Jack will have gone from being among the top academic performers in her primary school, to suddenly being very, very average in her grammar school. That must have been a huge shock to her system.
There’s research that shows praising children for being intelligent makes them fear failure, try less hard, and makes them compare how they “rank” with peers. They really don’t want to lose their “intelligent” label. (Instead, adults should praise children on their effort).
Jack’s eternal hatred towards her grammar school and her behaviour in general - fear of failure; hatred of criticism; wanting to one-up her peers; lack of effort/motivation - looks like that of a perennial child who is upset at losing the “intelligent” badge. That could explain coming in the top 5% and gaining a place at grammar school aged 11, to needing to be seen by an educational psychologist at age 12 (contrary to her claims, they only assess learning needs, and cannot even speculate on autism).
Then of course her much mentioned 4.5 GCSE’s (at grade C or above), and dropping out because of it. She’s still stuck on it, like she’s still stuck on boasting about being “diagnosed” as gifted and talented, and coming 84th in her entrance exam. Not to mention lying about having a degree, in her deleted blog.
Going back to a while ago and Jack's pride at coming 84th out of 2000 in her entrance exams to her grammar school. The school only has 1050 pupils aged 11-18, so presumably they only allow in 150 pupils per year.
So 84th out of the 150 who gained a place. Jack will have gone from being among the top academic performers in her primary school, to suddenly being very, very average in her grammar school. That must have been a huge shock to her system.
There’s research that shows praising children for being intelligent makes them fear failure, try less hard, and makes them compare how they “rank” with peers. They really don’t want to lose their “intelligent” label. (Instead, adults should praise children on their effort).
Jack’s eternal hatred towards her grammar school and her behaviour in general - fear of failure; hatred of criticism; wanting to one-up her peers; lack of effort/motivation - looks like that of a perennial child who is upset at losing the “intelligent” badge. That could explain coming in the top 5% and gaining a place at grammar school aged 11, to needing to be seen by an educational psychologist at age 12 (contrary to her claims, they only assess learning needs, and cannot even speculate on autism).
Then of course her much mentioned 4.5 GCSE’s (at grade C or above), and dropping out because of it. She’s still stuck on it, like she’s still stuck on boasting about being “diagnosed” as gifted and talented, and coming 84th in her entrance exam. Not to mention lying about having a degree, in her deleted blog.
myself by saying too much but she blamed it on lack of sleep and stress
