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#1 2014-08-06 04:59:07

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High Achievers, Gifted Learners, or Creative Thinkers

High-Gifted-Creative.jpg

Which one describes you?


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#2 2014-08-06 23:52:44

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Re: High Achievers, Gifted Learners, or Creative Thinkers

A little of all three.

Missing "memorizes well", "knows without hard work" etc.

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#3 2014-08-06 23:58:56

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Re: High Achievers, Gifted Learners, or Creative Thinkers

Are you sure? I do not think there is an intersection of these

I am a gifted learner.


'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.

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#4 2014-08-07 01:19:49

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Re: High Achievers, Gifted Learners, or Creative Thinkers

I would like to see a few more categories.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#5 2014-08-07 01:37:43

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Re: High Achievers, Gifted Learners, or Creative Thinkers

Mostly described by Gifted Learner group, but have a bit of all 3.


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
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#6 2014-08-07 01:46:00

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Re: High Achievers, Gifted Learners, or Creative Thinkers

bobbym wrote:

I would like to see a few more categories.

There is no claim that everyone falls into one of these three


'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.

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#7 2014-08-07 01:56:35

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Re: High Achievers, Gifted Learners, or Creative Thinkers

Could be a lot of people do not fall into any of those categories and it is just a personal opinion. I like C, I guess I am a small creative thinker.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#8 2014-08-07 04:10:31

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Re: High Achievers, Gifted Learners, or Creative Thinkers

I am more like C.


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#9 2014-08-07 04:12:50

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Re: High Achievers, Gifted Learners, or Creative Thinkers

niharika_kumar wrote:

I am more like C.

Do you know what is C?


'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.

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#10 2014-08-07 04:20:20

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Re: High Achievers, Gifted Learners, or Creative Thinkers

I thought it was creative thinker.

Is it different?


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#11 2014-08-07 04:22:10

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Re: High Achievers, Gifted Learners, or Creative Thinkers

It is.

C is a fictional character bobbym created.


'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.

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#12 2014-08-07 04:24:22

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Re: High Achievers, Gifted Learners, or Creative Thinkers

Not in this context, C means the last choice.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#13 2014-08-07 04:24:41

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Re: High Achievers, Gifted Learners, or Creative Thinkers

You should read bobbym's threads in the Exercises.


'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.

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#14 2014-08-07 04:26:17

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Re: High Achievers, Gifted Learners, or Creative Thinkers

ok, i will do that.But here he has agreed he meant creative thinker by C.


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#15 2014-08-07 04:28:53

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Re: High Achievers, Gifted Learners, or Creative Thinkers

The exercises do not apply here. I meant the last choice, "Creative Thinker,"


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#16 2014-08-07 13:09:16

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Re: High Achievers, Gifted Learners, or Creative Thinkers

Agnishom wrote:

Are you sure? I do not think there is an intersection of these

I am a gifted learner.

e.g. I'm interested and curious.

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#17 2014-08-07 13:28:36

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Re: High Achievers, Gifted Learners, or Creative Thinkers

I am curious as to why you are interested.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#18 2014-08-07 13:31:42

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Re: High Achievers, Gifted Learners, or Creative Thinkers

The main reason I knew I would do science even before knowing anything was my belief that science is for intellectuals and humanities for softies (I was young...).

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#19 2014-08-07 13:56:53

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Re: High Achievers, Gifted Learners, or Creative Thinkers

I used to think that about liberal arts.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#20 2014-08-07 23:48:14

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Re: High Achievers, Gifted Learners, or Creative Thinkers

What are softies?


'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.

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#21 2014-08-08 00:16:15

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Re: High Achievers, Gifted Learners, or Creative Thinkers

It's stupid that I used to think this for them, but softies are people who have less of an intellectual capability.

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#22 2014-08-08 02:26:36

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Re: High Achievers, Gifted Learners, or Creative Thinkers

It is common among intellectuals to develop big heads.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#23 2014-08-08 08:38:00

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Re: High Achievers, Gifted Learners, or Creative Thinkers

I wasn't an intellectual back that, I just wanted to be one.

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#24 2014-08-08 10:12:19

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Re: High Achievers, Gifted Learners, or Creative Thinkers

Someone with a big head, or an intellectual.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#25 2014-08-08 10:15:58

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Re: High Achievers, Gifted Learners, or Creative Thinkers

Bobbym is definitely in the last category. I started in the first category but wanted to be in the last!

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