Drago
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Mini D is 9, and i consider myself blessed to have a very bright, polite, well behaved little girl, who loves her Dad.
She's very switched on. She excells at school, and is a multi instrumentalist. I show her how to play something on guitar, bass or keyboard and she gets it immediately. Ok, it may take her time to perfect the technique to go with that, but she grasps the fundamentals immediately without repeat explanation.
This morning the subject of eduction came up. Mrs D is just finishing her honours course and was wondering what to do next. I suggested do a science based Masters like wot I did, but she reckons her maths skills aren't good enough.
Mini D hears us talking about maths and says, "I know Pi", and then trots out dozens of numbers. Mrs D and I pause and look at one another, then i grab my tablet and find Pi. I then ask Mini D to say it again slowly.
And slap my thighs and call me Roger, she only knows Pi to 100 decimal places without a single error. Absolutely astonished, I asked her how she knew this - "I read it on the internet." Further questionjng shows that she only read it once.
Mrs D and i are both stunned. We don't want to make a big deal out of this in front of her, but clearly she has some immense talent and seems well adjusted to it. Were going to keep a quiet eye on her, see how she carries on, see if we can channel this in any way that might help her in adulthood. No hasty decisions, we're just gobsmacked at this sudden realisation and we're going to go very softly with it.
She's very switched on. She excells at school, and is a multi instrumentalist. I show her how to play something on guitar, bass or keyboard and she gets it immediately. Ok, it may take her time to perfect the technique to go with that, but she grasps the fundamentals immediately without repeat explanation.
This morning the subject of eduction came up. Mrs D is just finishing her honours course and was wondering what to do next. I suggested do a science based Masters like wot I did, but she reckons her maths skills aren't good enough.
Mini D hears us talking about maths and says, "I know Pi", and then trots out dozens of numbers. Mrs D and I pause and look at one another, then i grab my tablet and find Pi. I then ask Mini D to say it again slowly.
And slap my thighs and call me Roger, she only knows Pi to 100 decimal places without a single error. Absolutely astonished, I asked her how she knew this - "I read it on the internet." Further questionjng shows that she only read it once.
Mrs D and i are both stunned. We don't want to make a big deal out of this in front of her, but clearly she has some immense talent and seems well adjusted to it. Were going to keep a quiet eye on her, see how she carries on, see if we can channel this in any way that might help her in adulthood. No hasty decisions, we're just gobsmacked at this sudden realisation and we're going to go very softly with it.
