I just think we’re making a huge mistake and I’m not a feminist. I don’t hate men. This isn’t about feminism, but building and maintaining a successful country. We’re losing our finest minds because the gifted are not socially adept and for some reason, being socially adept is a requirement for success.
I just read some of your other comments and realize I was way too harsh...and I apologize. I think we agree much more than we disagree.
Sadly, those who are too capable are handily rejected by those who are not. If they have not managed to become the cool person to be emulated, they will be shoved aside, even violently rejected by a social circle which finds them threatening. Mediocrity has its way of prevailing, and the fat part of the bell curve will win out in the scrum. Either the gifted are practically worshiped or they are marginalized, especially in school systems which are not geared to deal with those who can learn far more far faster than the teachers and administrators can cope with.
I thank The Almighty I finished High School in a private school where most courses were taught on the Keller Plan (master a packet of material and move on to the next). I was among a few of my classmates who finished chemistry and physics about halfway through the school year. We had enough else to keep us occupied and out of trouble as well.