![]() "But he was clearly on a different level in English as well. Then I found out he was taking advanced college maths in middle school. I gave him a hard time about being smart, and he said it was only math ('I just started early. Teaching these classes, the 'genius' term gets thrown around for the top five-10 kids every year, so I mostly roll my eyes and don't think too much about it. He was supposed to be off the charts smart. "One-year people started warning me about a kid that was coming in. "I hope he does great things with his gifts." But she did it overnight." -Reddit user epiclabtime She'd started with the basics fundamental principles and figured out the same equations that the original scientists did. "Turns out that instead of using the given equations, she'd re-figured out the same equations from first principles, i.e. I tell her: 'I'm going to have to look into this overnight and get back to you.' So I took it home and had a good read. "I take a look and it's about four pages of working which ends up with the right numbers. "What she meant was, she knew what she'd done was right but it didn't match the solution she was supposed to have. "She turned in her homework and said 'Sir, I've got the right answer but I'm not quite certain how I got there.' It was a proof so they knew what the answer was, but they had to figure it out themselves using the input data, selecting the right equations and then showing all the working. "This was an A-level physics class (UK so 17/18-year-olds) and for a piece of homework, there was one question that should take them about half a page of working to solve. "I once taught a girl who was a genius, she showed it in many ways but one always stuck out. "She turned in her homework and said 'Sir, I've got the right answer but I'm not quite certain how I got there.'" That's why she was brilliant." - Reddit user CanadianFalcon But this girl? She not only understood but then applied it to other areas. Bright students? They actually figure out what you're talking about and can explain it in their own words. "See, most students, after several attempts at me explaining something, will just memorize my explanation word-for-word and regurgitate that on the test because they still don't understand what on earth you're talking about. Most students wouldn't realize that class had started yet by the time she already figured out my lesson. "The main thing that set her apart was her ability to understand a concept as well as the significance that concept had to other areas based on me explaining something orally once. She hated it when I or other people called her that because she didn't think she was. "I taught a girl who was an absolute genius. "The main thing that set her apart was her ability to understand a concept as well as the significance that concept had to other areas based on me explaining something orally once." Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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