I'm twelve and literally a kid genius. Although I don't know my IQ (my
school district doesn't do those tests), I am extremely smart for my
age. And yet, there are smarter in my grade at my school than I. I
have taken the PSATs twice and must take it another 3 times before I am
a junior in high school. Last year in sixth grade I got the average
scores of a freshmen/sophomore. Alas, I won't know this years scores
until January.
On Friday, November 2, 2001, at 11:06 AM, Alexandre Enkerli wrote:
>
> Been thinking about the fact that this list's community is full of very
> interesting people (Really!) from all over the world but who share some
> characteristics in terms of demographics. None of this is surprising as
> it probably fits the Net/Geek profile, but it might tell us something
> about the Newton's appeal.
>
> Gender is one thing. There may well be a lot of women on the list, but
> they don't seem to be heavy posters. Dunno the latest stats but
> Geekettes and other female Net-dwellers have been on the rise
> consistantly over the last 7 years so this lack of representation is
> somewhat surprising. After all, Newtons are not pickup trucks and a
> number of women own pickup trucks.
>
> Age is a lot less obvious, and it's in fact hard to know. But there
> doesn't seem to be a lot of minors around here. Again, this is not an
> R-rated list, so...
>
> Education is probably taken for granted. Not that you have to have a
> Ph.D. (or an M.D.) to operate a Newt...
>
> A funny thing, though, is that we seem fairly varied in terms of
> profession. A number of us don't fit so closely the vertical market
> stereotype (whatever that is) but we still all use our Newts.
>
> Care for a little community census?
>
> Alexandre, French-speaking Montrealers, male, 29yo, graduate student in
> ethnomusicology, been a 130 owner for 5 years but still a Newtbie
>
>
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