
Horatio Alger
They saw deformity, I found beauty
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Since his childhood dream had always been to win a gold medal at the IMO (unable to compete due to unfortunate life circumstances), he wanted me to follow in his footsteps to live vicariously through me
I do recall that he said that if I want to win a medal at IMO, I would have to study like an abused dog since I am merely a 150 IQ midwit, and not some 200 IQ super genius like Terrence Tao who can effortlessly win gold at half the age of everybody else JFL (he said it with more social tact obviously)
Unfortunately, I am both MUCH DUMBER (150 IQ +3.3 SD above U.S. mean) than my 175 Math IQ (+5 SD above white mean) father AND LAZIER than him (no interest in learning math + didn't bother prepping for contests), so it isn't surprising I never qualified for the nationals
Since his childhood dream had always been to win a gold medal at the IMO (unable to compete due to unfortunate life circumstances), he wanted me to follow in his footsteps to live vicariously through me
I do recall that he said that if I want to win a medal at IMO, I would have to study like an abused dog since I am merely a 150 IQ midwit, and not some 200 IQ super genius like Terrence Tao who can effortlessly win gold at half the age of everybody else JFL (he said it with more social tact obviously)
Unfortunately, I am both MUCH DUMBER (150 IQ +3.3 SD above U.S. mean) than my 175 Math IQ (+5 SD above white mean) father AND LAZIER than him (no interest in learning math + didn't bother prepping for contests), so it isn't surprising I never qualified for the nationals