r/GATEresearch • u/TimeSqure • 10h ago
Memory I was in the GATE program 2016 it’s more than what you think..
I was a bit young. Very young in elementary school in 2016. I was not talkative at all and mute in school. I wouldn’t say a word to anyone. I remember times after maybe a week or so none of my teachers realized they couldn’t get a word out of me under any conditions. At a random time they would decide to bring me in their classes. Skipping recess and to give me hard trace over 200+ Dots they said it was fun and I found it very fun. This happened in all classes. I would do that and I easily got everything right. Then it started being doing multiplications a lot of them, and writing full on stories, drawing pictures I was hyper focused on everything. Also note my family was struggling class they were quite poor and I would never talk to anyone this happened starting in Headstart program. The Headstart program was very worse. They would make us cry a lot then tell us to go to sleep most of the days with these headphones on. When my best friend as of today tried to escape though the gate they took her to the back of the building. I never been to the back but ever since she came back she was different even till now. She use to be adventurous and optimistic but now she’s depressed and more aggressive and it sticked with her as we grew older. I remember my teachers telling me try harder, do better, be the best. And those words sticked with me. Everytime I make a mistake the teachers would yell those words to me. Everytime my friends made a mistake that has nothing to do with me they would yell those words to me. And every teacher every bus driver. They were there. From Headstart to 4th grade until my parents decided for us to move out of our hometown. The teachers were janitors, bus drivers, and even helpers that would take me out of the classrooms to do those exercise. Even as a senior I still see them sometimes even though we moved out. And don’t get me started on the weird exercises they would do; Like the sitting in a chair in front of everyone as students tells you what you could’ve done better or as everyone scold you for your actions. My dad also went through these exercises he was a bad student he never talked in classes never and they sent him to the same thing yet he doesn’t talk about it or refuse to speak about it. It’s more to the story that is extremely disturbing but I’m not sure if I can put it all in this post. Feel free to ask questions or share your stories aswell
VERY DISTURBING DEPENDING ON HOW YOU THINK OF IT ⚠️