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BrotherNihil comments on Advice for a smart 8-year-old bored with school - Less Wrong Discussion

10 Post author: James_Miller 09 October 2013 07:19PM

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Comment author: BrotherNihil 09 October 2013 10:57:52PM *  1 point [-]

I became a trouble-maker. By the fifth grade I was doing advanced math self-study in a corner and hanging out with the class hoodlum, smoking pot at recess. The teachers feared me because I saw through their constructs. I was easily the best speller in school, but I used to intentionally spell words wrong in spelling bees just to spite them. I guess I've always been a villain.

Comment author: James_Miller 10 October 2013 12:17:50AM 2 points [-]

Thanks for the warning.