Comments on: Gifted program in Mississauga

By: whereami

whereami — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 01:21:06 +0000

Ive been looking for this for so very long. I would say that youd no idea how much i needed to find this, but im fairly certain you know all too well. Appreciate the honesty and the effort. Much Happiness

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Sun, 10 May 2009 14:25:47 +0000

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By: Iris

Iris — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:13:20 +0000

Your article was indeed worth reading more than once. I also live in Mississauga and am looking for a catholic school for gifted children ( i.e for my daughter) . If you can provide me the name of your school or any other school that you are aware of, please mail me at irishttp://mailhide.recaptcha.net/d?k=019lqthE8Hs6JiubQpp7nryw==&c=iW7udovWQsykrLZ6xtbjMORQYwmuWf0-g25o3-B0Yk8=', ”, ‘toolbar=0,scrollbars=0,location=0,statusbar=0,menubar=0,resizable=0,width=500,height=300′); return false;” title=”Reveal this e-mail address”>…@gmail.com. Thanks in advance.

By: Bill C.

Bill C. — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:45:58 +0000

One more thing this reminds me of. Check out the following video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk8TVopOBGE

In this video Feynman describes his father’s influence on him. It’s interesting when he talks about it because that’s the exact opposite of how I was taught about knowledge.

By: Bill C.

Bill C. — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:40:51 +0000

This post is very interesting. After reading your previous ones, I was thinking about my childhood and one thing that my parents did not allow me to do was to read. I was drilled in SAT problems in elementary school and forced to adhere to the school curriculum. I was not allowed to borrow fiction books from the library. Also, all of my writing was checked over and corrected by my father, who forced me to write his ideas into my homework. Ironically, I did not score perfectly on the SAT due to some gaps in my vocabulary which probably would have been filled by reading fiction books.

I think it’s great that you are interested in world history and culture. During my scientific studies, I’ve also spent a little time absorbing literature and arts (I’m a graduate student in mathematical logic). Some attention outside of the concerns of science seems necessary for the scientific mind: von Neumann was deeply interested in the classics, Einstein enjoyed music, and even the singleminded Erdos talked about world history.