When you are told that you are a gifted child in elementary and middle school only to burn yourself out in high school trying to get an A that you know you will never get.
"Tommy looks really depressed"
"Dw, its just gifted child syndrome"
"A Swedish man who was arrested after trying to split atoms in his home kitchensaid Wednesday, he was only doing it as a hobby." -Stockholm— The Associated Press, Aug. 03, 2011
The man described in the article is a classic example of a Gifted Idiot.