Tag Archives: STEM

Why not skip high school? (Part 9) Christian takes Chemistry at Big State U.

Posted on Thursday, April 4, 2013 by Dad

Day 591 of 1000 This is the ninth in a series of posts on the benefits of skipping high school and going straight to college.  The introductory post and index to all the other posts in the series is here. … Continue reading →

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Computer programming for kids – a new series of posts

Posted on Wednesday, March 27, 2013 by Dad

Day 583 of 1000 It is my daughter, Kelly’s, birthday today.  She is now a 19 year old Statistics major at North Carolina State University and is taking her first two formal programming classes, Statistical programming with SAS and Java.  … Continue reading →

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Kelly has a new article up at The College Fix

Posted on Tuesday, December 6, 2011 by Dad

Kelly and I just had the following instant message exchange.  The first link is an article she wrote.  The second link is about students who study hard stuff versus students who don’t.  After the exchange we discuss why it is … Continue reading →

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