when i was a kid reading encyclopedias and astrophysics books for educated amateurs (‘cause that’s what i wanted to read…) i arrived in kindergarten where we were literally learning letters from the alphabet one by one it was kafkaesque torture & my teacher called me a smartasshttps://twitter.com/elizashapiro/status/1446435627495530496 …
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i think it was my parents who insisted they test me, and through whatever test they did which if i remember properly included analogies, geometry stuff with blocks, and like, make a story out of pictures as well as some math, they were like, ok you tested into the 11th grade
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Replying to @DanielleFong
Uhhhh if you and your siblings were CAPABLE of doing that at that age I think that speaks more to genes than upbringing.
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Replying to @vious_and_couth
maybe, but, there are really a lot of smart 12 year olds who could handle it
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Replying to @DanielleFong
These people wouldn’t happen to be related to you? :)
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Replying to @vious_and_couth
we’re all daughters and sons of mitochondrial eve…
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