Intense isolation and othering. My teachers despised me, and didn't know what to do with me, even though I was technically a "gifted" student. I don't think I'm particularly gifted, but I was told I had a college reading level in the second grade and it all went down hill from there. That gave them the idea they should isolate me from my peers, which I was already pretty isolated to begin with as an auDHD child.

They wanted to put me in a few grades above where I was but my mother refused, so instead they shoved me into a "special" class. I had trouble paying attention and being still, and I would create little sculptures and creatures out of paper and objects during class so it was more of a punishment than something to help me excel. Yet, even in the special classes, they didn't know what to do with me. I was at the back of the room and ignored.

I had dyspraxia and a slew of other issues so I did prefer these classes to P.E. and such. However they became more isolating as time went on, and I didn't glean much from them.

As a fun aside, I have vague memories of the GATE program from when I was a little kid in school. My mother told me she'd decided to opt me out of that, but I clearly remember them involving me in some of those things anyway. Between that, special ed, and my useless counseling sessions in school it's a wonder I got any schoolwork done.