I was in a gifted program but it was poorly executed and I deem it to have been detrimental to my growth. I was randomly pulled from normal classes in order to

I was in a gifted program but it was poorly executed and I deem it to have been detrimental to my growth. I was randomly pulled from normal classes in order to hang out with a few other gifted students and do weird puzzles or whatever. Then later I’d have to figure out from classmates what I missed, including what homework to do etc. My social skills already sucked, and being labeled as special to the classmates whom I’d have to spend most of the day with certainly didn’t help. I’m sure there a ways to do it better, but having no gifted program is better than a bad gifted program.