Homeschooled with MIT courses at 5, accepted to MIT at 15

Re:Homeschooled with MIT courses at 5, accepted to MIT at 15 by JoeAltmaier on Wednesday November 18, 2015 @12:18PM (#10589117)

Children can do a lot more than they're given credit for. My 4-year-old demanded music lessons when his older brother was playing cello. He started on both cello and piano.

Entering kindergarden, in music class the teacher had a keyboard, asked the children who could play. A little girl banged out chopsticks. Another little boy picked out twinkle,twinkle,little star. My son Andrew raised his hand, and played some Beethoven sonata. The teacher asked him if he knew what that was. He told her.

He's not a prodigy. Has terrible handwriting! The 1st-grade evaluation suggested he had fine-motor issues. Yet he could play 64th-note runs on the piano endlessly. Its all because of regular teaching and fun practicing.

Kids can learn what they put their minds to. But it takes 10,000 hours not only from the pupil but from the tutor. My wife put in the time; Andrew plays wonderfully.

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Re:Homeschooled with MIT courses at 5, accepted to MIT at 15 by MrBuddyCasino on Wednesday November 18, 2015 @01:29PM (#10589703)

Fun fact: terrible handwriting is correlated with high dopamine levels in the brain, which is correlated with increased brain activity (~ intelligence).

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Re:Homeschooled with MIT courses at 5, accepted to MIT at 15 by Omnipresent on Wednesday November 18, 2015 @03:10PM (#10590386)

Any link for additional reading on that fun fact?

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Re:Homeschooled with MIT courses at 5, accepted to MIT at 15 by amarpatel on Wednesday November 18, 2015 @03:48PM (#10590626)

starts writing poorly on purpose

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Re:Homeschooled with MIT courses at 5, accepted to MIT at 15 by plcancel on Wednesday November 18, 2015 @05:58PM (#10591372)

Albert, watch your kerning! This is far too legible.

http://www.fastcodesign.com/3045994/albert-einsteins-handwri...

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