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Tortured Geniuses: GEP Kids on the Burden of Being Gifted

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It's a struggle to embrace this privilege.

Education Government & Politics Jobs & Economy Tortured Geniuses: GEP Kids on the Burden of Being Gifted by Grace Yeoh November 19, 2017 Share to Photos from interviewees. Some names have been changed due to the sensitive nature of their jobs. When you first see a meteor shoot across the night sky, you notice that the streak of light it leaves in its wake only glows for a brief, bright second. The formative years of being a gifted kid can often feel the same. Just ask Visakan Veerasamy, 27, who effortlessly made it into the Gifted Education Programme (GEP) when he was nine. After sitting for t

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