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Re: totally undermining the purpose of Byron's post...
Posted By: Byron, on host 207.217.13.67
Date: Saturday, October 9, 1999, at 19:52:44
In Reply To: Re: totally undermining the purpose of Byron's post... posted by Chris on Saturday, October 9, 1999, at 19:33:21:

> ... but at least he got his name in the subject line.
>
> > > > Well it's like some sort of conference/lecture thingy in Washington DC in the White House for smart kids.
> > > I guess being modest isn't one of their requirements. :)
> > >
> > It would be a SIN to be modest when you're as smart as I am. Haha just kidding. Well, what did you expect me to say, it's for stupid kids?
>
> Ever notice how the 'smart kid' functions either get the rich ones [people to people, Johns Hopkins, Mary Baldwin college, all the other expensive ones], the annoying ones [use influences such as tears to get in], or the stupid-smart ones [who actually reply to those mass mailings simply because it's the only time they've been invited to something of the sort, wether they're interested, qualified, or not]? Seems like there's a very small percentage of programs that gets a good sampling of 'smart' kids-- rich, not, snobby, not, really exceptional, semi-exceptional....
>
> Venting is fun!

Ahh it's ok, I don't need an event like that to tell me I'm smarter than most, I'm reminded everyday in each of my classes, and when I visit this forum (j/k!! :-0) Haha, I already chose a title and the essay is sent, blu blah.

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