Thoughtful article which made me think. Hadiya is quite proud of her gifted intelligence but that does bring along some challenges. Being a couple of years younger than my classmates made it difficult for me to develop social skills and 60 years later I still see that in how I interact with others. I also have a gifted grandson who was reading at age 4 and was helping kids 2 grades ahead of him with their math. But he had real problems fitting in. For me, it was not until I was at the Masters level when I learned to keep scholastic achievements very quiet in order to fit in.

I can see that Hadiya has experienced subtle discrimination, both real and perceived. I would encourage her however not to spend too much time playing the poor little me card while other people of colour succeed. That has happened to blacks in the US where Latinos have caught and passed blacks in average income.