I would’ve spent less time trying to get perfect scores and more time trying to make friends and hang out with people. Idk if that would’ve actually benefitted

I would’ve spent less time trying to get perfect scores and more time trying to make friends and hang out with people. Idk if that would’ve actually benefitted me in the long run. But i know if i was sent back to high school/undergrad now, with my academic interest/motivation lower and social skills improved, I would’ve don’t that. Also in middle and high school i would’ve loved to take more advanced placement and higher-ed classes. I was lucky that school was easy to me, and the AP classes I took and knowledge i learned on my own gave me a head start in college. I’m uneasy about schools fading out “gifted” programs, sometimes they’re unfair, but there needs to be an opportunity for students who learn faster to place out of concepts they already understand into higher-level ones.