Scott Barry Kaufman

There wasn't a real explanation.

It was really like, you're not gifted, and my hands are tied.

What can I do?

I remember seeing a textbook on human intelligence and they have a chart in there that shows what different IQ bands people are capable of achieving.

And I remember seeing my range that he kind of just showed me and it said, it said, unlikely to graduate high school.

And I, you know, I always had this rebellious bone in my body though, because I remember saying that and throwing the book across the library.

And she was looking at me for most of that class, and I was wondering why she kept looking at me.

But she took me aside after class, and she said, look, I just had to ask, like, what are you doing here?

You know, I see you.

And

Boy, it really was like a profound moment in my life.

Because I remember thinking in my head, what am I doing here?

Repeating her question.

And then, yeah, what am I doing here?

It was like just the empowerment I needed.

I felt like people thought I was crazy for thinking that I had some potential.

In this moment, I was like, yeah, I don't know what I'm doing here.

That's what I've been trying to tell people.

I actually went from like a CD student to like a straight A student, like almost overnight.

And I took summer school classes.