http://pdf23ds.net/2007/01/08/why-i-hate-being-smart-2/ I will not be swayed be every small current; nor will the memes faze me or infect me. I am pure. I am intelligent. I am rational. I am at peace. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:32:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://pdf23ds.net/2007/01/08/why-i-hate-being-smart-2/#comment-1981 pdf23ds Wed, 24 Jan 2007 01:32:38 +0000 http://pdf23ds.net/2007/01/08/why-i-hate-being-smart-2/#comment-1981 Actually, I never did go to smart camp. I went to piano camp (for very good pianists) and was average there. I tend to (I think) overestimate others' accomplishments and think that they're all so much smarter than me when really maybe I've accomplish just as much, but in different areas. Which means I'm afraid to try to make friends with them probably more than I should be. Actually, I never did go to smart camp. I went to piano camp (for very good pianists) and was average there. I tend to (I think) overestimate others’ accomplishments and think that they’re all so much smarter than me when really maybe I’ve accomplish just as much, but in different areas. Which means I’m afraid to try to make friends with them probably more than I should be.

]]> http://pdf23ds.net/2007/01/08/why-i-hate-being-smart-2/#comment-1979 Paul Hobbs Tue, 23 Jan 2007 22:05:20 +0000 http://pdf23ds.net/2007/01/08/why-i-hate-being-smart-2/#comment-1979 I know exactly what you are talking about. You've probably gone to 'smart kid camp', right? Even there, you can't help but feel like you're the smartest because you know more than other people about obscure stuff. Sure, someone can solve a rubik's cube and recite pi at the same time, but do they know anything about advanced calculus? Your only way out is to find someone smarter than you, but that's limited to teacher/student, again, or to find a good, smart friend, who can appreciate and understand your intelligence, and become closer to your ability in your specialty over time. I know exactly what you are talking about. You’ve probably gone to ’smart kid camp’, right? Even there, you can’t help but feel like you’re the smartest because you know more than other people about obscure stuff. Sure, someone can solve a rubik’s cube and recite pi at the same time, but do they know anything about advanced calculus?
Your only way out is to find someone smarter than you, but that’s limited to teacher/student, again, or to find a good, smart friend, who can appreciate and understand your intelligence, and become closer to your ability in your specialty over time.

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