They’re alive! [nicola]

I really had to write a whole new post for this…

You know the time when you discovered that your teacher was actually a person? For me it was in grade 1 when I saw my teacher at the supermarket. That was weird. Teachers don’t have a life outside of school… they just exist at school and then, well, I don’t know.

I had a similar enlightenment last Friday when I met someone who turned out being in the top 1-2% of her course, Actuary studies. To be perfectly honest, I didn’t think I’d meet anyone who was that smart. An average of 96, who does intensive summer school subjects at Standford University – for fun. One of the most humble, unassuming people I know.

Thats it though… of course the top 1% exist… I just didn’t think I’d see someone in flesh and blood, ya know? Like prep teachers existing after school hours. Perhaps the warped vision of a hunchback at the corner of the basement of the biomed library, who was severely lacking in vitamin D, clouded my view.