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| ataradov:
--- Quote from: Kjelt on July 02, 2018, 04:56:39 am ---As if one bad example would be significant for the whole group, I think there are more terrorists without extreme high iq that never made university before age 10 ;) --- End quote --- No, but that's a good argument against encouraging this king of skipping ahead. Even if regular school drags some genius behind a bit. You can not ignore recommendation of psychologists and child development specialists if you want a healthy society on a big scale. And that's what public education aims to do. It is fine of some people here and there do things at an accelerated rate, of course. |
| Brumby:
--- Quote from: Rick Law on July 02, 2018, 03:28:27 am ---It takes more than just knowledge to go to college. It takes emotional maturity as well. --- End quote --- This is, IMHO, a more important factor in the success of higher learning than the ability to understand the material being taught. |
| Halcyon:
--- Quote from: EEVblog on July 01, 2018, 12:17:38 pm --- --- Quote from: Halcyon on July 01, 2018, 09:16:01 am --- --- Quote from: EEVblog on July 01, 2018, 07:34:54 am ---but I think it would actually be illegal to a hire a 13yo kid in Australia as a full time employee for example. Maybe would have to do it as a contractor or something. --- End quote --- There is no minimum age (at least in NSW). --- End quote --- Well I'd LOVE to start paying Sagan a full time wage, nothing at all to do with tax... 8) --- End quote --- I'm sure someone has already tried that on at some stage. |
| Ice-Tea:
--- Quote from: ataradov on June 30, 2018, 08:33:10 pm ---So he goes into the uni at 8, gets masters at 10. What's next? He will not be able to find employment for a few more years. --- End quote --- There. Fixed it for you. 8) --- Quote ---I fear that this is his parents pushing him to do this stuff, and that scares me. --- End quote --- No amount of pushing can accomplish *that*. He must have been willing and able. --- Quote --- Is he in a rush to get somewhere? --- End quote --- Maybe. Is that a bad thing? |
| Kjelt:
--- Quote from: ataradov on July 02, 2018, 05:01:24 am ---No, but that's a good argument against encouraging this king of skipping ahead. Even if regular school drags some genius behind a bit. You can not ignore recommendation of psychologists and child development specialists if you want a healthy society on a big scale. And that's what public education aims to do. It is fine of some people here and there do things at an accelerated rate, of course. --- End quote --- No it is a terrible argument since this kind of terrorist behaviour indicates a lack of moral conscience which is something developed (or not) before the age of 4. Or as we have seen in the last years can be programmed in peoples mind feeding them continuously hatefull bad information. It has nothing to do with if someone at a young age is gifted in something and that gift is stimulated, at later age that all can become balanced again. We are discussing things here none of us are experts at, so we are talking out of our behind. If some psychologists came on this forum discussing electronic circuits on this level we would be :palm: all the time. |
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