Major, screaming w00tage of the first order

[gridlore]

madelineusher graduated from high school last night.

She graduated near the top of her class at an elite school, garnering two awards for academic excellence. She was featured in an LA Times ad touting the top achievers at this school.

Among the schools she was accepted at: Cornell, UC Berkeley, UCLA. All offered some level of scholarship. (That's the part of the list my mom could remember, there were more schools on that list. A lot more)

I'm afraid to see what her SATs were.

Oh, the best part?

She's 16 years old. She skipped eighth grade. she is going to take over the world.

Congrats, Norster! Now the real fun begins!!! Penguin dances for you and all your fellow grads!

Comments

[jeffreyab.livejournal.com]

I think she has your stubbornness in pursuit of a goal.

Ground Forces is a fine body of work, in a different school environment you might have had different results.

Didn't you also finish sniper school?

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

That was fun. Even the classroom stuff. Algebra? Not so much fun.

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

I need to expand on that a little. A big difference in all my Army training was that classroom work was usually followed by a block of hands-on training using the same concepts. so, after learning how to fill out a range card in the classroom in the morning, we'd spend out afternoon actually doing it. That immediate application of the skill in a "real" setting made the difference.

Math is nigh-impossible for me to grok, but I've managed to learn a little by doing world design and other gaming stuff. Again, the application of the skill makes all the difference to me.