Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

To: beaver fever

16 years old

Let me be the first to suggest that this kid is wasting his time in high school.


We have been discussing ways to fast track kids through high school to avoid the liberal agenda and other idiocies:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1315730/posts?page=84#84

Unfortunately my thread title was not well thought out, because some parents might instinctively skip over it due to attached stigma, whether real or imagined.


18 posted on 08/02/2005 9:07:30 PM PDT by Kevin OMalley (No, not Freeper#95235, Freeper #1165: Charter member, What Was My Login Club.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies ]


To: Kevin OMalley

"Let me be the first to suggest that this kid is wasting his time in high school. "

When I entered University I took an intensive first year mathematics progrom of first and second year courses becuase I had a high second class average in high school

In my second year linear class I struggled in the first two months of the fall semester and then one day this guy showed up in class who I hadn't seen before.

Turns out he was a math genius and the son of a mining engineer from Trail BC who had attented advanced mathematics camps since he was 13.

He showed up one day because he had an interesting proof he wanted to show the prof. When he was finished baffling the prof with his proof he left. Everyone in the class was slack jawed.

That day was the end of my mathematics career.

Later I found out he got bored with mathematics and joined the theater department.


42 posted on 08/04/2005 2:48:35 AM PDT by beaver fever
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 18 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson