Who am I?

[Az]

I am sure that you will be just like a large fraction of other kids out there with a 'superiority complex'. When you get out into the adult world and discover that you are not so hot as you once thought, you will fall into depression, maybe followed by drug addiction and a lonely death (at your own hand perhaps?).

Didn't you call yourself once "one of the brightest minds of this generation in the field"?

So, I don't think that you can preach modesty.

[Spiffor]

Isn't anyone glad that Skywalker fell in our trap to believe we consider him as equal, instead of the little immature runt he really is?

[Spiffor]

Originally posted by Rogan Josh
I am sure that you will be just like a large fraction of other kids out there with a 'superiority complex'. When you get out into the adult world and discover that you are not so hot as you once thought, you will fall into depression, maybe followed by drug addiction and a lonely death (at your own hand perhaps?).

Bull****.

I was in the elite of my highschool, and I felt strongly more mature than my peers. Since then, I belong to elitist studies where there are plenty of people as bright as me, or more. I don't feel stupid for this, but I stopped to feel "better" than the rest. I now consider everybody has something worth saying, and there are gems to be found even in ignorance (why else would I spend so much time on 'Poly? )

More seriously, I suffered a bit at the end of highschool, but I quickly overcame this, as I understood the humility lesson made me a better person.

Skywalker knows he's not the smartest on Earth. He is reminded it every day on Apolyton, where he can see people talking at his level, instead of people amazed by his smarts There is no reason he ever believes to be the top dog. However, it is true he risks feeling belonging to an elite above the rest of the population - this is common with teenagers, and pretty much any teen board (or any circle jerk between teens in any form) is full of self satisfaction. Just look at the L33ts

[alva]

Originally posted by Jaguar Warrior

I never realized you were younger than skywalker and I.

Better face it Jag..., you're becoming 'n old git...

[Jamski]

/me throws rocks at this thread *

(*As advised by Tassadar see above)

-Jam

[Theben]

Originally posted by Flip McWho

I'd like to think that that isn't commonly referred to as "peer pressure".

Only in America. And Afganistan.

[Boris Godunov]

You're Jean Valjean!

[Rogan Josh]

Originally posted by Azazel
Didn't you call yourself once "one of the brightest minds of this generation in the field"?

So, I don't think that you can preach modesty.

Yes, but I have proven myself in the adult world. I have already made it. I wasn't preaching modesty - I was preaching against false arogance.

[Az]

ah, ok, ok, THAT explains everything.

[Kontiki]

I'll never forget something one of my profs said during the first few days of my MBA program (paraphrasing):

Everyone here is used to being among the best. No one here did worse than the 90th percentile on the GMAT, everyone had good grades in undergrad, and most were the cream of the crop at work. But here, by definition, 50% will be below average, and it's going to shock you.

You're in high school, skywalker (or Kucinich). Rest assured, you'll learn modesty fast when you start running with the big dogs.

[Kuciwalker]

I've been told that constantly, and I've been waiting for it to come true.

When I entered the advanced programs in elementary school, my parents said that I'd be with people of my ability then. I sailed through it. When I entered the gifted & talented center in middle school, I thought I'd be with people of my ability. It was a breeze. When I got into the high school I'm in now (one of the top three in the nation, with an incredible reputation with colleges and an amazing academics program), my parents, the school counselor, and I all thought I'd finally be among people just like me. It's my sophomore year and I still have yet to find a difficult course. I'm no longer the single best, but I'm in the very top of our school. Already this year I'm taking three college-level courses, and next year it'll be five. I have been constantly disillusioned of the idea, not that I'm special, but that I'm NOT special.

[Nubclear]

Why is everyone reacting so violently to Skywalker?
Are you all just jealous?

What's the average adolescent?

Where I'm from? A little more intelligent than the average American

[Kontiki]

Originally posted by Kucinich
I've been told that constantly, and I've been waiting for it to come true.

When I entered the advanced programs in elementary school, my parents said that I'd be with people of my ability then. I sailed through it. When I entered the gifted & talented center in middle school, I thought I'd be with people of my ability. It was a breeze. When I got into the high school I'm in now (one of the top three in the nation, with an incredible reputation with colleges and an amazing academics program), my parents, the school counselor, and I all thought I'd finally be among people just like me. It's my sophomore year and I still have yet to find a difficult course. I'm no longer the single best, but I'm in the very top of our school. Already this year I'm taking three college-level courses, and next year it'll be five. I have been constantly disillusioned of the idea, not that I'm special, but that I'm NOT special.

Yes young skywalker, at 15 you've virtually exhausted the upper reaches of society. I'd say by the time you're 17, you'll have seen all there is to see and met every smart, tallented person on the planet.

I'm quite sure you're highly intelligent, and that no matter what you do you'll always find that you're among the smartest people. What you, along with so many other people your age (regardless of their intelligence), lack is perspective, no matter how much you might think you have it already. I remember what it was like being a teenager - a year or two is an eternity for you. You're not going to find out what I'm talking about for at least another 10, so don't hold your breath.

I'm sure you're ahead of me at that age, but I kicked everyone's ass in high school too, without ever trying. I literally slept and drank my way through undergrad and still pulled off A's and B's. But when I hit my MBA, I was in deep. I didn't do poorly at all, but it was an amazing eye opener. And man, if I went down to our structured products area right now, I'd be the dumbest person on the floor.

All your theoretical knowledge you have right now is great, but you'll really learn, eventually.

[asleepathewheel]

Originally posted by Kontiki
I'll never forget something one of my profs said during the first few days of my MBA program (paraphrasing):

Everyone here is used to being among the best. No one here did worse than the 90th percentile on the GMAT, everyone had good grades in undergrad, and most were the cream of the crop at work. But here, by definition, 50% will be below average, and it's going to shock you.
.

I had a similar experience when I went to law school. Breezed through HS and college, rarely studied. Then you reach an area where everyone is as smart and talented as you, not so easy then and ultra competitive. Pretty depressing to have just average grades when you are accustomed to straight a's and a few b's.

As my father would remind me, half the doctors in the world finished in the bottom half of their class.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

If anyone knows who I am, could they please let me know? Since that incident with the mescalin I've realised I have no idea.