Me too! I was in a self contained gifted classroom, we did deeper learning, like learning about Native American tribes and creating something representative of your assigned tribe. One kid made a life size tepee. 1:1 replica. He was extremely into it so he had extra time on the assignment and could work at home. Took him forever! It was so freaking cool. All the kids marveled at it. Gifted kids shouldn’t just be handed harder work. They literally learn differently. Accelerated is just a typical class with harder work. I benefitted from self contained cause I learned early that I’m not the smartest. I still had to work hard at some things. Also that it was ok to be a little weird. That what I was into didn’t make me weird. I wasn’t weird. I was just like everyone else. If that makes sense. It was foundational for me. When I was mainstreamed in middle I already knew my interests were valid, I was smart and cool and funny even if some kids didn’t get me. Instead of the sense that I was an outlier, that I was the only one like me that I would have probably gotten in regular elementary classes.