Quote by the teen who won the competition: "Basically a lot of this work is master's or PhD-level research."
I believe it! Which makes me think ...
We spend a lot of time giving high-school students a general, liberal arts education, but I think there's room in secondary education, at least for highly motivated students, to drill deeply into one particular domain.
I believe it! Which makes me think ...
We spend a lot of time giving high-school students a general, liberal arts education, but I think there's room in secondary education, at least for highly motivated students, to drill deeply into one particular domain.
You've probably seen mattmight's famous "Illustrated guide to a Ph.D.": http://matt.might.net/articles/phd-school-in-pictures/
I wondering if we shouldn't do more to encourage self-driven learners to extend that tentacle out earlier than we currently do.