I relate to that, as a student who always had a book to retreat to after completing whatever busywork, and am fortunate to have made and kept a few close friend

I relate to that, as a student who always had a book to retreat to after completing whatever busywork, and am fortunate to have made and kept a few close friends since middle school, bonding over shared interests and resonant mental frequency. I want this for everyone, at least to the degree that they want it for themselves, regardless of intelligence. Perhaps if early childhood education is done well (where parents are guided to help teach the children emotionally and intellectually, to minimize trauma and promote a sense of being part of the whole world), we can all be in school together, interrelating on more levels than simply IQ.