Yeah, I went through the GATE program we had, too. Grades 4 through 7. It was only a few hours per week... and I always enjoyed going. If the program expanded for high school instead of disappearing, things would have been more interesting.
Ditto. My own IQ is 145+, and I was the only straight A student in my highschool of 500. Those facts had no relation to being a good student. In high school, the pace of material was so excruciatingly slow I did work from other classes to keep my mind focused and awake. I never had to study. College, however, was different. I couldn't be arsed to do the work, and there wasn't time to finish it in class.
I don't think the subject matter needs to change. Instead, I think a focus on attitude would be more useful. For one, teach leadership and goal setting. Not just for the bright kids, but for all the kids. If you look at who is successful, intelligence or intellectual aptitude has nothing to do with it. Relating to people and putting in consistent effort, however, are pretty much necessary. Kids are full of great ideas, but their lack of social and life skills (which includes goal setting) means nothing happens with them. I never achieved inner happiness until I started seeing the bigger picture in life and had things to work towards.
Of course, for every person designing rocket engines, you need thousands emptying garbage cans. Not every smart kid needs to be an engineer. Myself, I am very content being a delivery driver. The job itself is manual labour, but I enjoy being physical. The mental challenge comes from the sales aspects. I'm making as much as I would coming out of school with a computer science degree. It isn't a lot, but it's a stepping stone to greater things.
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It's a shame those challenges didn't include English grammar.;)
Yeah, I noticed giving/given after I submitted my post. Really though, it was just an attempt to related to the average Slashdotter. Surely you can relate.
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I was one of those gifted kids (nothing exceptional, just precocious). I found school itself rather accommodating. For the most part, I was either giving more challenging work or simply challenged myself. The real issues I had were dealing with peers. I simply could not relate to anyone my age as they were all interested in mentally unstimulating things. Of course, I have adjusted in my adult years and now get along with just about anyone, but I wish I had had more like me growing up. Finding things ridiculously easy did have its effects. Until I went on to post secondary education, I had a great deal of hubris. Not having needed any studying skills for the very relaxed pace in high school, I was quickly blown by by those who high school was geared for. Of course, I could have done the work, but didn't. I am not blaming the system, but I think the system could use adjustment. Smart kids are definitely left out.
If there were an infinite amount of properties though, the chances of you hitting the same property would be infinitely small, thus zero. Would it not, then, make sense that the same value is obtained exactly 50% of the time?
You can do all that, or you can make a career move. I am now working for a linen company, driving a truck, and with commissions and bonuses, I make MORE than I would with a BSc in compsci. Besides the better financial situation, I also get a good 25 hours of physical activity a week. I've not changed my diet at all, eating around 3000 calories a day, and I've lost 2 kg a month since I started. The exercise is great, and I get to enjoy my food, too!
...what all these researchers are going to do now that they're out of work?
I bet they're glad to be alive... what if they had been in the building when the explosion happened? An event like that is certainly going to effect the very fiber of their beings.
Not quite. The atmosphere on Venus is many times denser than that on Earth. Until we knocked a lot of the gas out of the atmosphere, we'd have to live in pressure suits or stay high in the air. Also, the atmosphere is full of sulphuric compounds which would have to be neutralised. Venus already has a lot of water, however, all the surface water has been vapourised -- the planet suffers from a run away greenhouse effect.
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Yeah, I went through the GATE program we had, too. Grades 4 through 7. It was only a few hours per week... and I always enjoyed going. If the program expanded for high school instead of disappearing, things would have been more interesting.
Ditto. My own IQ is 145+, and I was the only straight A student in my highschool of 500. Those facts had no relation to being a good student. In high school, the pace of material was so excruciatingly slow I did work from other classes to keep my mind focused and awake. I never had to study. College, however, was different. I couldn't be arsed to do the work, and there wasn't time to finish it in class.
I could have written that. Seriously. Everything down to the Amazonian boobies and two college programs.
I don't think the subject matter needs to change. Instead, I think a focus on attitude would be more useful. For one, teach leadership and goal setting. Not just for the bright kids, but for all the kids. If you look at who is successful, intelligence or intellectual aptitude has nothing to do with it. Relating to people and putting in consistent effort, however, are pretty much necessary. Kids are full of great ideas, but their lack of social and life skills (which includes goal setting) means nothing happens with them. I never achieved inner happiness until I started seeing the bigger picture in life and had things to work towards.
Of course, for every person designing rocket engines, you need thousands emptying garbage cans. Not every smart kid needs to be an engineer. Myself, I am very content being a delivery driver. The job itself is manual labour, but I enjoy being physical. The mental challenge comes from the sales aspects. I'm making as much as I would coming out of school with a computer science degree. It isn't a lot, but it's a stepping stone to greater things.
It's a shame those challenges didn't include English grammar. ;)
Yeah, I noticed giving/given after I submitted my post. Really though, it was just an attempt to related to the average Slashdotter. Surely you can relate.
I was one of those gifted kids (nothing exceptional, just precocious). I found school itself rather accommodating. For the most part, I was either giving more challenging work or simply challenged myself. The real issues I had were dealing with peers. I simply could not relate to anyone my age as they were all interested in mentally unstimulating things. Of course, I have adjusted in my adult years and now get along with just about anyone, but I wish I had had more like me growing up. Finding things ridiculously easy did have its effects. Until I went on to post secondary education, I had a great deal of hubris. Not having needed any studying skills for the very relaxed pace in high school, I was quickly blown by by those who high school was geared for. Of course, I could have done the work, but didn't. I am not blaming the system, but I think the system could use adjustment. Smart kids are definitely left out.
But don't forget the dupes!
Mmmm... I've always wanted to bang twins.
If there were an infinite amount of properties though, the chances of you hitting the same property would be infinitely small, thus zero. Would it not, then, make sense that the same value is obtained exactly 50% of the time?
Walls? You have walls? I have to use a stick in the dirt!
It's the fact that it's flat that gives it the illusion of motion.
No, it's flat because it's stationery, duh!
Oh! You must mean http://slashgoth.org/. Totally indispensable!
Think of the kittens!
And stop pissing into the wind! Though that seems to be the current global climate strategy.
That sounds pretty expensive for caviar. You're getting ripped off!
No!
And we all know the only unreal anti-gravity device is a (Score:5, Offtopic)
(Lets see the mods try and make that happen. Hah!
Maybe it allows for transgendered or androgynous individuals?
You can do all that, or you can make a career move. I am now working for a linen company, driving a truck, and with commissions and bonuses, I make MORE than I would with a BSc in compsci. Besides the better financial situation, I also get a good 25 hours of physical activity a week. I've not changed my diet at all, eating around 3000 calories a day, and I've lost 2 kg a month since I started. The exercise is great, and I get to enjoy my food, too!
It's not how you use it, it's the size that counts, eh!
...what all these researchers are going to do now that they're out of work?
I bet they're glad to be alive... what if they had been in the building when the explosion happened? An event like that is certainly going to effect the very fiber of their beings.
Thanks for the enlightenment :)
Killing a zombie with a severe blow to the head is too much work. My preferred way is with kill -9 pid.
Unless, of course, they are vegetarian zombies. I have lots of grains to spare.
Maybe. I just saw his post as a good opportunity to make a pun.
Not quite. The atmosphere on Venus is many times denser than that on Earth. Until we knocked a lot of the gas out of the atmosphere, we'd have to live in pressure suits or stay high in the air. Also, the atmosphere is full of sulphuric compounds which would have to be neutralised. Venus already has a lot of water, however, all the surface water has been vapourised -- the planet suffers from a run away greenhouse effect.
I thought ether wasn't matter at all...