![]() ![]() Scientifically, this should have been the most magnificent soufflé in the history of cooking. My project was a triumph of data mining, distilling centuries of recipes into a list of ingredients no single chef could have come up with – things like cardamom, and quail eggs, camel’s milk, and finely-ground roasted durian seed. And none of it challenged me as much as one soufflé in Home and Careers at regular school. My teachers at the Academy threw the hardest stuff in the world at me and I threw it right back at them. Know-it-alls shouldn’t annoy people everybody should feel sorry for us, and relieved they don’t have this problem. Because whatever happens, you already saw it coming. You can never be surprised, or shocked, or scared, or thrilled. It’s no fun to be a know-it-all, because you know it all. I once saw this video on YouTube where a kid was complaining about a classmate being a know-it-all, and I was amazed at how insensitive that was. ![]() They even sent a group of teachers to a conference in Switzerland on how to motivate students at the highest rung of the intelligence ladder. They held weekly staff meetings on how to keep me stimulated and challenged. According to Oz, my homeroom teacher, I had the highest IQ any of the faculty had ever come across. I used to go to the Academy for Scholastic Distinction, the top-rated gifted school in the state. ![]()
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