Little Fred Tate must cope not only with normal problems of childhood but also his extraordinary mental gifts which set him far apart from fellow children his age.
'Little Man Tate' dramatizes the plight of a 'super-gifted' seven-year-old, subtly played by Adam Hann-Byrd. It's not easy being either too advanced or slow. They're all 'special ed' cases, estranged from 'normal' society by their intellectual 'superiority/inferiority.' They share similar problems in classrooms namely, the tendency to be bored, frustrated and/or disruptive.
In many respects savants, polymaths and autodidacts are in the same fix as slow learners, retards and idiots.
