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9 Comments

1. Paavo Ojala:

   Gongrats.

   Is it a matter of incentives?

   November 18, 2010, 6:32 pm

2. Orion:

   How many hours per week does he spend doing that? Not so sure it's a good thing, but congratulations anyway. Success does breed success even of the manifestation seems odd at first.

   November 19, 2010, 6:50 am

3. Ryan:

   I wish I had been allowed to take calculus at 16.

   November 19, 2010, 7:30 am

4. caseyboy:

   No doubt academic achievement should be valued since it evidences intellectual curiosity as well as diligent effort. However, achieving athletically is also a worthy pursuit. Setting goals and working hard to achieve them, whether academic or athletic, evidences a quality of character that will pay dividends in life.

   November 19, 2010, 7:31 am

5. J W:

   Fantasy football is one way you can make statistical modeling relevant to young men. It can also teach them its limitations.

   November 19, 2010, 11:05 am

6. DrTorch:

   Is your son's hair as nice as Mel Kiper Jr's?

   November 19, 2010, 1:32 pm

7. IgotBupkis, President, United Anarchist Society:

   > I wish I had been allowed to take calculus at 16.

   You should have taught it to yourself then. The #%^#^#%^$& bastards tried to tell ME I couldn't take it, having taken all the pre-reqs in 10th grade and the summer school between 10 & 11 (I also happen to have skipped a grade, meaning I was 15) -- So I went to the public library and checked out a college textbook on the subject, and learned it on my own. $%&^$$% 'em. With a sharp pointed stick.

   The idea that you MUST have a teacher for a subject is just one more of the folderols foist on us by "Modern Public Edumacation".

   Here's a teacher, revealing, and not-so-subtly, the TRUE purpose of Public Schools.

   November 22, 2010, 3:40 am

8. Ryan:

   > You should have taught it to yourself then.

   You are right about that. I listened way too much to people telling me I was just a kid and I wasn't as smart as I thought and you just have to sit in class for another 6 years before we let you do anything. (Of course I found out at 25 that one school wanted me to start skipping grades, but fortunately my father protected me from even the knowledge of that so that I could while away the next 9 years in crushing boredom socializing with kids my own age and my enthusiasm and work ethic slowly eroded)

   November 22, 2010, 8:09 am

9. Felix:

   Ryan says "I wish I had been allowed to take calculus at 16".

   Huh? When I was 16, I just got a good textbook and taught myself.

   If a kid is interested in something, he'll go for it, be it calculus or fantasy football.

   November 25, 2010, 3:06 am