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Was almost put into what was generally referred to just 'GT' (Gifted & Talented) which started around 3rd grade up til you got into middle school. There was some test I took, they told my parents about it and they just thought it was weird so kept me in regular classes. I never knew what they did in GT and one of my current good friends said he doesn't remember much about it. 
Just my 2 cents about it through observation, I think to some degree they indoctrinated these kids to become more academically applied, or to steer them in a certain direction. One thing I noticed is the GT kids were the ones who were more inclined to take advanced classes, more encouraged to explore extracurriculars, generally treated better by staff etc. It wasnt until middle school/early high school I realised that by associating myself with 'normies' I was essentially invisible from these influences. Don't know if any of this applies to you though. Again just my thoughts
gpt
>I don’t think they steered me in an academic direction. I feel like it was more of a selection process. Potentially the process is ongoing and all GATE kids are on a watch list or something.
Hmm interesting. Like you mentioned the MK Ultra LARP shit is dumb and I never considered that. I just happened to avoid being in a GT (or GATE) program and like you say everyone I ask doesn't remember much outside of the pizza parties and getting out of class. Weird stuff. Maybe I missed out on my NPC training or something