We need schools to stop putting so much stress and anxiety onto kids especially at a young age. Gifted students including me have to deal with perfectionism and overall stress when given work that don’t understand. Schools have made this an occurring problem by separating kids by how smart they are which causes those kids to have self esteem issues and they cannot learn effectively to help their future. Students can suffer underneath piling work and an excessive amount of tests in a small period of time. Teachers put so much work on top of the smarter kids and they expect them to do it when most times they don’t even know what they are doing. Gifted students had grown up having all the work being easy and quick to go through and learn. Then they get hit with so much work and stress because they don’t know how to effectively learn, study, and retain the criteria for long term success. Schools need to start mixing the kids together so they can effectively learn and have work that they will be able to go through and not have to deal with the stress and anxiety. Young children should not have to deal with stress and anxiety because they are required to do the work that does not fit their skill level. It has killed their intelligence and by time they are adults, they won’t know what to do.