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Most geniuses are lonely and I really hate it if the future scientist to cure cancer commits suicide in high school.
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<p>Alex</p>
<p>well...this Sidis guy said he was a socialist....so I don't know how smart he is</p>
<p>yeah that was a really ignorant post.</p>
<p>Didn't Sidis commit suicide eventually? Tell me if I'm wrong...</p>
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Really? Do you know Evan O Dorney by any chance?
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He's smart, but he's still young - he's a genius, but in terms of accomplishment, he still has years to go obviously to ones like Einstein (and Sidis, in this case).</p>
<p>He has accomplished more than Einstein than he had at 15....</p>
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but apparently everyone knows about me and how "smart" i am
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<p>that's 'cause you are smart, silly</p>
<p>kid' in my school had a breakout and cried in the middle of the school becuase he had gotten a 2310 sat.</p>
<p>^sad individual</p>
<p>I'd be impressed by an 8th grader (or freshman or even sophmore) who took AP Calculus or AP PHys C because they had a desire to learn it. The only reason a young kid would enjoy learning an advanced course like that is because they were smart enough to appreciate it.
The hypothetical kid with pushy parents who's in Calc BC as a freshman is probably not going to really enjoy the class. But then again, I've never met such a kid.</p>
<p>Also I saw you guys mention William Sidhis. He was the epitome of the nurtured prodigy. He was a natural genius but his dad also pushed him really hard. He ended up being too smart to relate to other people and was frequently criticized. He was never happy and eventually stopped communicating with other people. He faded into obscurity and wrote about native american history and other somewhat unimportant things until he died. (source = wikipedia)</p>
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I'd be impressed by an 8th grader (or freshman or even sophmore) who took AP Calculus or AP PHys C because they had a desire to learn it. The only reason a young kid would enjoy learning an advanced course like that is because they were smart enough to appreciate it.
The hypothetical kid with pushy parents who's in Calc BC as a freshman is probably not going to really enjoy the class. But then again, I've never met such a kid.
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<p>All of the kids that I have met that have taken any type of APs in middle school took them because their pushy parents made them...Not one has actually had a passion for the subject in question...</p>
<p>Wow, my school is kind of crappy. People taking Calculus as a sophomore? At my school it's unusual for a Junior to be in Calculus, but there are a few. Since we only offer one year of Calculus there are people who run out of math classes to take since they doubled up with Stats at some point.</p>
<p>I'd say we have about three kids at our school who are really well known for being smart. They're all boys too. We used to have four genius kids and one of them was a girl. She decided to graduate a year early and get out of our school as fast as possible. This decision made me realize she was probably the smartest out of the four.</p>
<p>I'm not known for being smart. (I think for that you have to be good at all subjects. I suck at math hardcore) But for some reason people think I'm some sort of vocabulary whiz or walking dictionary because people ALWAYS ask me what a word means instead of getting an actual dictionary. =P Maybe they're just lazy.</p>
<p>Since my high school is very closely affiliated with Stony Brook University, top notch physics/science school, there are easily 20-30 asians/hindus who can easily be valedictorian at any other school.
They all have around 102-105 Weighted GPA's in ALL AP classes.
This is certainly a feat, especially at my school (considered one of the toughest public schools), and while I have huge respect for these people, I certainly do not envy them.</p>
<p>It's not that they're naturally intelligent, their grades are attributable to the 16+ hours daily they pour into their studies. A great example is this kid in my AP English language class. The teacher assigned a simple 1-2 paragraph (WEEKEND) assignment about image analysis; this kid wrote a frickin 4 page thesis.
I'm prone envy the person who walks into a testing room with minimal studying, looking over class notes,etc and pulls off the 85-90(in an AP/Honors class), rather than the one who spends 8+ hours studying for the 10 extra points.
You're only in High School once and enjoy it while you can, that means go the wild parties, enjoy the football games, engage in the social events. Don't spend Friday nights stuck in a Physics textbook.</p>
<p>I have no regrets for the way in which I have approached High School so far. Ok fine I'll take the B/B+/A- in honors/ap course, but I'd rather spend my weekends socializing and weekdays involved in EC's rather than frantically fretting over schoolwork, and memorizing the AP US textbook.</p>
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Since my high school is very closely affiliated with Stony Brook University, top notch physics/science school, there are easily 20-30 asians/hindus who can easily be valedictorian at any other school.
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<p>This is easily one of the MOST ignorant statements I've heard on this board...ever...</p>
<p>Asian= people belonging to the continent of Asia
Hindu= a religion...there are Hindus outside of the subcontinent, and not all Indians are Hindus....and contrary to your belief, India is not an island off the coast of Africa, it's part of Asia...go look at a map...</p>
<p>Dude, get your races and religions straight before you post your bs on this forum...</p>
<p>I'm sorry if that was blunt or mean, but I hate ignorant people who go up to others and ask if they can speak Hindu...</p>
<p>Even if kids in my area wanted to achieve that much, I doubt they'd be able to. Set curriculum. Little help getting students to move up in the world.</p>
<p>I have a theory that anyone is really capable of any of the things posted here, but no one is really given a chance to achieve them, so only the super intelligent and smart kids are the ones that get known.</p>
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All of the kids that I have met that have taken any type of APs in middle school took them because their pushy parents made them...Not one has actually had a passion for the subject in question...
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<p>ditto here. I know someone who got pushed into Algebra 1 in 6th grade by his parents. He got a D. He ended up taking Calculus in 10th grade. He's a smart guy, but he's not a genius.</p>
<p>lmfao @ post 94. Databox FTW!!</p>
<p>I was thinking the same thing when I read post 93. Man, ignorance gives me headaches.</p>
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This is easily one of the MOST ignorant statements I've heard on this board...ever...</p>
<p>Asian= people belonging to the continent of Asia
Hindu= a religion...there are Hindus outside of the subcontinent, and not all Indians are Hindus....and contrary to your belief, India is not an island off the coast of Africa, it's part of Asia...go look at a map...</p>
<p>Dude, get your races and religions straight before you post your bs on this forum...</p>
<p>I'm sorry if that was blunt or mean, but I hate ignorant people who go up to others and ask if they can speak Hindu...
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I was thinking the same thing when I read post 93. Man, ignorance gives me headaches.
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What's your problem?
The official language of India is Hindi. Is it really that bad to be one letter off, especially if you don't know anything about India or Hinduism? It's not like he meant anything bad by it.</p>
<p>When people think of Asia, they automatically think of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean people. Lame, I know, but they're not going to think about Indians and Middle Easterners and, I don't know, Kyrgyzstan, even though they're all part of Asia. We all know what they mean, and people shouldn't get offended.</p>
<p>Can't we all just... get along?</p>
<p>Alex</p>
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The official language of India is Hindi. Is it really that bad to be one letter off, especially if you don't know anything about India or Hinduism?
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<p>Since when are people referred to by the language they speak? If someone called you Anglish, what would you think of them?</p>
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Since when are people referred to by the language they speak? If someone called you Anglish, what would you think of them?
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I'm sorry if that was blunt or mean, but I hate ignorant people who go up to others and ask if they can speak Hindu...
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The second statement is what I was referring to.</p>
<p>Since when are people referred to by the language they speak? The English, the Germans, the French, the Portugese, the Chinese, the Japanese... the Australians... xD xD</p>
<p>Granted, they refer to both the language and the people, but still. That's why people ask if Filipinos speak Filipino. It's a simple mistake if it were the other way around, too.</p>
<p>In all honesty, if someone from India called me Anglish, I wouldn't care. Just like the same guy probably wouldn't care if an American asked if he was Hindi. Just a few repressed chuckles, but nothing more than silent amusement.</p>
<p>Alex</p>