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Since the HB is, if not my second family, at least my distant
clan of relatives who never come to Christmas dinner but
get
talked about in hushed tones, I just wanted to claim
bragging
rights on the fact that my daughter, MaxwellBuchanan Jr.,
has just got in to Cambridge to read physics.
Having
thus bragged, I'll delete this fairly soon, so please
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// has just got in to Cambridge to read physics
// |
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We told Sturton that a set of lockpicks was a
poor choice for a birthday gift. She may have
got in, but can she get out again without
setting alarms off ? |
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If she'd asked, they would probably have let
her read it anyway, even without a library card. |
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Actually I have lent her my set. And I bribed the
guards. |
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How's come we never get any Christmas cards? |
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oh very well done to your daughter! |
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Congrats to MinwellBuchanan |
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Read physics, does that mean study or teach? Greatness either way. |
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I have a seven year old daughter who is also smart so I have a little insight in the pure and utter hell you must have gone through raising her. It explains a lot. |
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It means to study - 3 years (or 4 if she stays to do
the M.Sci.) |
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And thanks to all for the good wishes! |
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I'll expirise this in the morning as soon as I get my
fatherly pride under control. |
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Why do in 4 at Cambridge what can be done in atleast 10 at Ministry recognized universities. |
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You'll have to share with us in order to pay for this adoration, however well deserved it may be. |
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Any advice for dads of 9 year old girls who want to have their proud moment at the HB announcing their daughter's acceptance to MIT or Stanford someday? [+] |
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Already locked and loaded. |
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//Any advice// Resist with every fibre of your being
the insistence of the school that your daughter
grows up to become a balanced member of society.
Nothing worthwhile was ever accomplished by a
well-adjusted person. |
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[Doc]- Go for RPI instead. For undergrad, it's a much better choice than MIT. Once she's got the bachelor's then any graduate work can be done at MIT. |
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And congrats to the youngster. |
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//a balanced member of society// |
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It's also good to avoid becoming a balanced member of an unbalanced society. |
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I checked RPI online, it looks pretty cool. I'll put in in the possibility file and see where we are in 9 years. |
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Convey our congratulations Max. Good work. |
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The world is changed and made by unreasonable
individuals. Reasonable people go with the flow... as
do dead fish and sewage. |
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Congrats to her and to you for (presumably) your input somewhere along the line, if only 19 odd years ago.
Just a thought - does this mean that we have the annual "Fruity sixth form girls smiling at A-Level results picture" on the front page of the Telegraph tomorrow?. Private Eye will have a field day!. |
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I am sure you can count on the Telegraph, and
thanks. |
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Are we talking cat-in-box physics, Dr Spock physics, mushroom cloud physics, or some other boring stream? |
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To Be Decided, but more likely the first two than
the last two. However, I have encouraged in her a
fascination with explosions and a cheery disregard of
radiation, so who knows? |
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And so to bed. Many, many thanks for all of your
good wishes. This message will self-destruct
whenever I wake up. |
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Well done [MB]. Please, rather than destroy it, file it
under... |
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Users: Egregiously Overweening Paternal Pride |
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or similar. The world needs more good news stories. |
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Good on her. I hope she gets to study all of the physics, and not just one physic. |
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Thanks again to everyone for their good wishes. I'm
still inclined to let this expire but, as per [Ubie]'s
suggestion, I have moved it to "Users". But I'll say
[marked-for-deletion] - Jutta is very welcome to
remove it. |
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I studied at Chickenversity :-) I read eggs, feathers; learned
to fear foxes; colonels with white beards, and developed
my 'pecking order sofa' idea there. |
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// Nothing worthwhile was ever accomplished by a well-adjusted person.// |
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//Congratulations. Hide the cat// |
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[marked-for-tagline] -- lol, bigsleep |
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Cambridge -- is that like your Harvard? :) |
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// Cambridge -- is that like your Harvard? // |
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It's similar … except that Cambridge actually
has a history, rather than being a collection of
shacks thrown up by second-generation
colonials so they could have somewhere out of
the wind to smoke, and more importantly the
qualifications from Cambridge actually mean
something. |
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Yes, both institutions have noted academics;
but Cambridge has the likes of Stephen
Hawking who employs his intellect to probe
the mysteries of the cosmos, whereas
Harvard's advanced syllabus tends towards
flint-knapping, making fire, and the knowledge
and use of edged tools. |
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It should be said in favour of Harvard that it
isn't a drizzle-plagued village precariously
perched on a low bank of
mud in the midst of sodden, bleak, windswept
fenland. |
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"Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge (formerly Cambridge Poly)" or the other one? |
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Oh [8th] Don't forget that Timothy Leary went to Harvard and gave us all free LSD!! |
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There's a certain Dr. Oppenheimer who would like a word with you, "numerically-named-person-who derives-his-monikor- from-the-imagination-of-a graduate-of-Columbia" |
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What [Custardguts] said. (I always wanted to say
that). Way to go miniBuchanan. |
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Congratulations. Missed this until now, sorry. |
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'grats... what's "read physics" mean ? |
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//what's "read physics" mean ?//
That means "study physics." No one knows why they don't just say that. |
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// "Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge (formerly
Cambridge Poly)" or the other one?// T'other. |
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Oh, Squirrel Nutkin University, then? |
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Well done one and all. Finding the balance between hard study and weird student societies is the most difficult part of being at one of those places, I think. |
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Why would you delete this? *Marked for sticky* |
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Not quite in the same league as going to read physics at Cambridge but my daughter got her GCSE results today - 9 A* grades <suitable glow of paternal pride> |
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Yay! Congratulations to the Hippolet - I'm sure she'll
go far. |
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if only I had saved my proof that p!=np for this
opportunity. also congratulations |
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Is this physics in the medical sense? |
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Who the heck boned this? The guy's proud of his
daughter for Pete's sake. |
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My faith in humanity gets tested every day. First I
read about an experiment where they put a plastic
turtle in the road and noted how many people
swerved to HIT it, not avoid it, now this. |
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A hearty "Harrumph" to the nefarious boner.
"Harrumph" I say. |
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So... 3.5 years on, how go Minwell's forays into greatness? |
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She's now doing a PhD at Imperial in materials science - working on alloys for jet engines. Thanks for asking! |
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Wow! Must have gotten her mother's brains eh? |
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Seriously, beyond impressive. Absolutely awesome. |
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Tell her to science harder! It's 2017 and my flying car is still not delivered. |
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//Must have gotten her mother's brains eh? // |
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As Einstein is reputed to have said when Marilyn Monroe told him that together they could produce the perfect child, "Yes, but what if it got my looks and your brains?" |
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Well, it could have been elected President... |
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//"Yes, but what if it got my looks and your
brains?"// |
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Wow, that gives me an insight into something my
dad
always used to say. "Thank God you kids got my
brains and your mother's looks and not the other
way
around." |
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Now I know where he probably got that from. |
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In case you're wondering, her reaction was always
"Aaa shut up!" which I think was actually
appropriately eloquent. They remind me of a
vaudeville comedy team and have been together
for over 60 years now. Gotta love 'em. |
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60 years is impressive. My congratulations to them. |
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