When I was a kid, all I wanted was to meet other kids who acted like me, who behaved well in school, who got good grades, who didn't emphasize sports and fighting, stuff like that.
The gifted and talented litereature I read refers to "true peers," They mean people who aren't merely the same age as the kid in question, but are people who are truly similar to the kid on various levels. I never had "true peers" during my elementary school years, and when I did have the chance in high school, somewhere along the way I lost any real idea of who I am and who would qualify as "someone like me." If you can't truly identify who and what you are, how can you spot some one like you?
That's where I am now. Not sure who I am, not sure what kind of group I would fit into and truly feel at home.
