As a continuation of the original Welcome thread (if you haven't gone there, go there fist) I think we need a separate introduction thread for highschoolers.
Who: As a demographic, I think that we can probably be characterized by:
1. Our newness to LW. 2. Our uncertainty about which college or career to choose. 3. (if we are in a public school) Looking for ways to game the system (because we're not learning much in it). 4. Our potential to make a huge impact (the best advantage is an early start). 5. An lack of face to face interaction with intellectual people.
Why: I can think of several things this could help highschoolers with.
1. See where you stack up compared to others your age (We're probably all big fish in small ponds. At least I am. Let's get an idea of what the big pond is like). 2. Make friends with people like you. 3. Consider college and career ideas you hadn't considered before. 4. Perhaps find people to apply with for the Thiel Fellowship. 5. Find a chavruta to go through the sequences with you.
What: Tell us the following:
1. How old/what year are you? 2. How have you tried to enhance your education beyond what's normally offered at schools? 3. How many rationalist/philosophical people are at your school/family? 4. What careers/schools are you considering? 5. Are you going to apply for a Thiel Fellowship? 6. EDIT: link to your old "introduce yourself" post.
If you're not in highschool, tell us what you would have told your old highschool self.
1.Hello, I'm Anna Zhang, a high school freshman and a thirteen year old. I'm sort of new to rationality, and only started on this site half a month ago. It's nice to meet everyone.
I homeschool, (since I live in China right now), and whenever I have time, I try to learn new things. Unfortunately, I don't have a lot of time, because my family came up with the brilliant idea to have me take classes both for homeschooling and at the local Chinese school, and not just select courses either. It's very tiring, and I don't get much time to learn about rationality, though this site helps a lot.
3.My entire family is devoutly Buddhism, and I...am also? Very uncertain here...ahahaha. (Mostly because I keep getting confused after listening to a lecture by my uncle, who is the closest to being rational.) I live in a university, since my genius of a sister got into university at the age of thirteen, so naturally, the school drags my mom to China. For good measure, I was dragged along also. However, this means I'm in contact with some extremely philosophical people who are always criticizing something or another. I don't like them that much.
4.I'm considering some universities in Canada, England and America, and some rather varied careers. I'm still a freshman, so I'm having a very hard time deciding. My teachers say that if I can get my Chemistry (and psychology) grades back up to 95%, I can go wherever I want, but it's hard. I'm very bad with Chemistry, but I sort of want to be a psychiatrist/surgeon/doctor, but if those don't work out, librarian, teacher, psychologist or professor could work too. I don't want to teach traditional Chinese literature like my family wants me to, so I'm considering these options instead.
I'm sorry...I don't really understand the concept of a Thiel Fellowship.
As a continuation of the original Welcome thread (if you haven't gone there, go there fist) I think we need a separate introduction thread for highschoolers.
Who: As a demographic, I think that we can probably be characterized by:
1. Our newness to LW.
2. Our uncertainty about which college or career to choose.
3. (if we are in a public school) Looking for ways to game the system (because we're not learning much in it).
4. Our potential to make a huge impact (the best advantage is an early start).
5. An lack of face to face interaction with intellectual people.
Why: I can think of several things this could help highschoolers with.
1. See where you stack up compared to others your age (We're probably all big fish in small ponds. At least I am. Let's get an idea of what the big pond is like).
2. Make friends with people like you.
3. Consider college and career ideas you hadn't considered before.
4. Perhaps find people to apply with for the Thiel Fellowship.
5. Find a chavruta to go through the sequences with you.
What: Tell us the following:
1. How old/what year are you?
2. How have you tried to enhance your education beyond what's normally offered at schools?
3. How many rationalist/philosophical people are at your school/family?
4. What careers/schools are you considering?
5. Are you going to apply for a Thiel Fellowship?
6. EDIT: link to your old "introduce yourself" post.
If you're not in highschool, tell us what you would have told your old highschool self.