It never ceases to amaze me how the smartest people I know routinely do the dumbest things. In the countdown to the seniors' last day, today was day -1, and yet there were still a few holdouts there: Kenneth, the school's quiet, unofficial head math genius; Eric, the programming prodigy; and-- oh, yeah-- A.D., the valedictorian and captain of math team/ science olympiads team/ science bowl team/ school foreign language publication/etc./etc...etc. He, uh, forgot to hand in some of his homework (not that he ever does it anyway). woops. Same for managing editor of the school paper (heading to UPenn) and editor-in-chief of the paper (heading to Yale). I know they don't have to, like, comb their mustaches or anything for hours before prom (mostly because they don't have mustaches or any facial hair to speak of) but this isn't the first time these few have done stupid stuff.
Exhibit A: we're ("we" meaning basically all of the aforementioned people, plus a few others, including myself and another sophomore) taking the subway from Penn station to Columbia University, and, as usual, running late. Their genius idea to explain to our respective professors why we're especially late? "It was snowing, so the subway wasn't running on time."
A few seconds later..
Me: "Um, guys... the subway is underground. That implies that it's somehow snowing in the subway."
Oh, yeahh!
And then when we went out for lunch after class... No one can decide how to pay the bill. These people won 1st place nationally in the American Regional Mathematics League Div. B, and they can't split a bill or figure the tip. I have this theory that the cumulative IQ at the table is proportional to the amount of time it takes to pay the bill. These people also like to cross when the light is green and a school bus is barreling toward them. We were bored once on the subway and mathematically defined ditching. The future of humanity lies at least partially in their hands.
Lord help us.
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