A clear representation of gifted people being neurodivergent rather than better in some way. Sure the divergence can be beneficial in certain circumstances and at certain times, but that is not always the case.
There’s two kinds of “gifted” in American educational parlance, one has a sweet af special bus and the others are ADHD kids that like to read.
American educators today don’t use the gifted label for either of those. Here’s a bit about current gifted education: https://nagc.org/page/Gifted-Education-Strategies
I’ll take your word for it as that page says nothing useful itself, and note that this comic is almost forty years old.
A real classic!
I randomly a number of years ago came across this drawing and ever since I have been travelling down the Far Side rabbit hole.
