12 year old smarter than Einstein

[who_cares973]

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you guys should watch the videos i posted

[ddrxero64]

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you guys should watch the videos i posted

Nah, it's 2pm and I haven't slept all night so I'm just gonna crash right about...

now. X(

[PlayTrumpet]

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Regarding how education is largely unbalanced in terms of learning pace for kids of the same age, I think Khan Academy does a good job of addressing this. Here are a couple of links.

TEDtalk
Authors@Google

In the Authors@Google talk, he mentions that some 5th graders he's had experience with in this system are doing Calculus. Wish I could've gone through the math hierarchy more quickly, but since so few in my class were good at math throughout elementary school and high school, I didn't get to Calculus till I was 16. I'm angry at that fact. =P

However, I don't believe this system really addresses things like Music and Dance and Theatre - I think first-hand teaching is more effective for those subjects anyway.

[Dorby]

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SM prodigy

Haha... I also enjoyed other posters relating to themselves as a prodigy in some way.

[PlayTrumpet]

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I think it's worth reviving this thread to share a talk by Adora Svitak at Idea City (she also has a TEDtalk, but I prefer this one - she has more time to speak and such..)

[Superfreak04]

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Watched the video, I kind of agree with her. She talks about how some children spend their time studying, and try to do better in the world. I feel that all children should do this, but we should balance it. Have study time and play time. If you study all your life, sure you're going to have a lot of knowledge, but then you pretty much miss out on fun things in life.

[iironiic]

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Watched the video, I kind of agree with her. She talks about how some children spend their time studying, and try to do better in the world. I feel that all children should do this, but we should balance it. Have study time and play time. If you study all your life, sure you're going to have a lot of knowledge, but then you pretty much miss out on fun things in life.

This. I feel that the ones who I guess are considered "successful" have the time to enjoy life while being motivated into academics. Those that can balance themselves equally among the two generally end up being seen as "prodigies" as depicted in the examples of this thread.

This is essentially what happens when you give a children their freedom:

[cixOclock]

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I think it's worth reviving this thread to share a talk by Adora Svitak at Idea City

I automatically dislike her...

[revolutionomega]

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Oh man the girl playing the piano literally just had me grinning like hell. I love music so much and she even inspires me to do better at what I do. Kids like this are incredible and anyone who deters their progress as an artist or as a person should be thrown in a dark cave and shunned.

[Emithith]

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Yup. When I say limit, I mean like a cap. To the point that if you're above every other student, you'll still need to learn at their pace. There are no incentives or extra areas where someone could pursue higher learning. My whole 5th grade was running errands for teachers. There were three math groups; support, normal and advanced. I was the one running errands because advanced was too easy. Now I'm screwed having wasted precious years that could have been dedicated to learning something valuable.

That "cap" you are talking about limited me heavily in school. At least, in Elementary School (K-6). In Grade 4-6 I was excelling in French and the class was still stuck on conjugating verbs. I could've been farther than that in a week. I would rush on ahead and complete the sheet (I would get yelled at too) and they would still be stuck on the first couple of answers. I'm not saying that they're stupid, but I don't think I am one of these "geniuses/savants" that people talk about. The school systems need a re-vamp for sure.

I even moved to a bigger city too, while the education was farther along, the pace was slower. I'm pretty sure they went on ahead even IF the students didn't get it, because I was learning stuff I wasn't in the previous city. Though soon enough I reached that "cap" again and my mother decided to home school me to see if I would do better.

[Dorby]

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Well... Time to introduce her to stepmania.

[PlayTrumpet]

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I automatically dislike her...

<3

I think it's rare to see a prodigy who not only cares about issues, but at least takes issue with how kids are brought up and what we should and should not expect from them. I admire her intelligence but more-so how well-informed she seems. I can't help thinking children are generally sheltered from the details of real world problems and responsibilities and that it contributes to less societal awareness and drive in adulthood..