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I was identified as TAG in 2nd grade. For three days I took tests, was interviewed, filled in bubbles, and missed class. But nothing ever came of it. The Oregon school system consistently failed me through middle school, at which point I moved out of the state. More often then not I was bored in class and often put aside homework in favor of my own books on mathematics, genetics, and history. How much more I would have learned if the schools hadn't insisted I keep the same pace as all of my classmates.

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