How Do You Know Whence You've Got This?

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I was put into a gifted and talented class. I don't know what criteria that was based on. There were smarter kids than me at the school, probably because i was also diagnosed with eit d. The maybe we put him in a special class, he'll do a little bettr but it meant a lot to me. A power of a, you know, non conforming behavior. So when you'e really got this, it's also your kowing your personal life. Quite amazing to experience what you can do with it.

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