Scott Barry Kaufman

So as I'm there and I'm taking this IQ testing session, I remember second-guessing all my answers.

I remember desperately wanting to show him I was smart.

And that report, his observations are things like...

Scott obviously wanted to do well and he second-guessed his choices a lot.

My estimation is that he is very, very bright but gets in his own way because of his self-doubt.

All I knew from that meeting is that I was shipped off to a whole school for kids with learning disabilities.

I was taken away from my public school.

So that's all I knew.

There was like, I know I took this test.

I knew it was a terrifying experience.

And then I know I was shipped off, taken away from all my friends.

So that was like pretty traumatic.

I am really different.

Like, I am, okay, we'll go even further.

I'm a freak.

Like, I'm a freak.

Like, I am, like, something's really wrong with me.

I have a vivid memory of walking to my special ed classroom and hearing the announcement on the speaker, gifted kids report to room three for your gifted classes.

I remember thinking to myself, wow, here I am reporting to my special ed class.

Who are these people?