Have u been a gifted child?

[Anonymous]

I was but I somehow didn't score so as a 24 year old. My life so doesn't reflect that however

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Did I become dumber?

[slatyb]

Quite.. I was reading at 3 or 4. Took me about five minutes to learn. b8 asked my mom, she told me that each letter stands for a sound, and I was like "Oh. That makes sense. Then I started reading.

I could do arithmetic at 5, algebra at 8, calculus at 11.

[Asker]

what age did u do trygonoemty

[slatyb]

I worked through my mother's college texts -- algebra, then trigonometry, then calculus. So between algebra and calculus. Later I realized that most of the contents of that trigonometry book were a waste of time. No idea what's taught in pre-calc today.

[Asker]

well if thats true, thats impressive. i believe trygonometry is a late middle school or high school material

[slatyb]

It's now called "pre-calculus" and is taught in the junior year for students on track to take calculus. I don't know the typical course content of a high school pre-calculus class. I do know that solving triangles and proving trigonometric identities are pretty useless. But trigonometric functions are extremely useful and many physical phenomena are best modeled using them. I also don't know what is being taught in calculus classes, but tediously doing symbolic integration of functions is not particularly useful either. We have computer programs that can do that. It's more important to understand differentiation, to know which functions have closed form integrals and which do not, and to understand how to apply calculus to solve practical problems.

[slatyb]

differentiation and integration...

[aaron13547]

Yes. Im the same. But gifted doesn't mean we know how to use it. It means we are highly intelligent. We recognize pattern faster then most people. Without discipline, guidance, and love the gift can be feel more like a curse. At least it does at times to me...

[slatyb]

I never felt cursed, but regret undeveloped potential.

[Nikki1989]

Only musically speaking. I did have a knack for painting and writing, but I lost interest once music took over.

[jahaims]

Regression can happen from burn out even if you are gifted

[strateguy632]

In potential yes, luckily i used it.

[Asker]

so you work for Musk now?

[Iron_Man]

I guess I was Spoiled In a way