From page 187 of "How to Manage the R&D Staff: A Looking-Glass World", by James E. Tingstad ( Read more... )

www.indystar.com/article/20110320/LOCAL01/103200369/Genius-work-12-year-old-studying-IUPUI

Diagnosed with Asperger's.  Gifted in Math.  Interested in Astronomy and physics.

Nice to know some people aren't messed over by the system.

"We have told him that after this semester . . . enough of the book work. You are here to do some science," said IUPUI ( Read more... )

Had some unusual experiences this semester ( Read more... )

I've dropped my first class! Woo hoo! It's a wonderful feeling. Historically I've never dropped, only stopped attending - letting the sense of overwhelm build and build as I did other things such as study psych on my own initiative. This is a first, I recognized the grading rubric and course format weren't easily compatible with me, and that it ( Read more... )

Woo hoo :) I was getting a strong A, a weak A and a strong B/weak A before spring break, then spring break happened and helped to destroy my momentum ( Read more... )

What the hell.  I expected an A in DNA Analysis, and a B in Protein Purification (couldn't finish that powerpoint I forgot about), and was sure a B was the highest grade I could possibly manage in Statistics.  The previous semester I managed to fail to complete a boatload of required material (significantly more than for the Protein Purification ( Read more... )