Was a gifted student, was cohorted with gifted students, no idea how it was determined. Seemed like the more involved your parents were, the more likely you were to be in a gifted class. It was good to have smart classmates, we challenged each other to be better. Then I became a teacher and taught (some) gifted students. But by then it was high school and gifted wasn't really a thing. I'd take an average student with good work ethic over a lazy gifted student 49 times out of 50. A gifted student with good work ethic, though, that shit is poggers :che-poggers: