Trying to figure out if I was in GATE
Hi everyone, when I was in elementary school I was in a gifted/enrichment program but I can't remember what the name of it was because I was so young. It could have been a different name but I'm really not sure. The words TAG, REACH, and QUEST sound very familiar.
The main thing is I went to a Catholic school, and I heard that GATE was maybe only at public schools? I'm not sure.
But I was in a pull-out class, and it lasted from grade 2 through grade 5 at least. I really don't remember much from it. I remember I was taught how tricks for how to solve math problems really quickly and do it in front of the other students, and we also created a play from scratch once.
I also have memories of hearing tests, but I'm not sure if that was just a hearing test and nothing more. However, the hearing tests seemed to be more frequent than they should've been, and I definitely don't have hearing issues. I have a lot of memories of them. I also have memories of heads up seven up, mancala, and tangrams, but I thought those were normal games?
I also remember doing worksheets to solve codes.
I don't have any memory of a pink drink.
The gateway tapes do sound oddly familiar but maybe I'm just making shit up 💀
I was born in 2001 so it could've been different because I heard the pink drink was more in the '80s and '90s.
I really don't remember that much, which might be a red flag in itself because I read that's a common experience among people who were in these gifted programs.
I also have a lot of the other common traits people posted about.
If people could ask me other questions to try to discern whether I was in the program or not, that might be helpful.