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What do you do with a student that's smarter than you?

>> No.12289868

>>12289862
A- with no explanation

>> No.12289870

Your best

>> No.12289876

>>12289868
Thats awfully generous. I'm kind of pathetic, how about a B- or a C?

>> No.12289887

>>12289876
well that's assuming that they would have actually earned an A. I'm being realistic here

>> No.12289895

>>12289887
Well yes, I just don't like that they're smarter than me

>> No.12289900

>>12289895
Oh I didn't get that from your OP thank you for clarifying

>> No.12289903

>>12289900
So its cool if I lower their A to a C?

>> No.12289908

>>12289862
Invest a lot of time into them and help them succeed and achieve their full power level.

>> No.12289915

>>12289908
But I dont want them to be better than me

>> No.12289917

>>12289915
How can you tell that she's smarter than you?

>> No.12289918

>>12289862
Kill yourself and leave them a note telling them about your research projects so they can complete them in your place.

>> No.12289920

>>12289903
You might as well lower it all the way to a G

>> No.12289926

You should unwaveringly insist that you're right, even if and after you realize you're wrong. An important part of every student's development is to learn that authority ≠ logic.

>> No.12289927

>>12289918
But I want to be the best

>> No.12289928

>>12289915
Why not? There are already many people better than you. Why care if there's one more?

>> No.12289933

>>12289917
They can do harder problems than me and faster too. They even do their own research h and it has results. I mean I stole it from them and plan on passing it off as my own, but still I'm afraid they'll find a way to stop me from stealing.

>> No.12289938

>>12289933
PhD student or an undergrad? What area? Maths?

>> No.12289940

You should learn from them and mutually compete.

>> No.12289941

>>12289938
An undergrad

>> No.12289944

>>12289933
LOL. You're a piece of insecure shit man. If you're not trolling, I hope you get caught. Seriously. You should not be teaching or mentoring anyone, you don't have the temperament for it.

>> No.12289946

>>12289927
You are clearly incapable

>> No.12289949

>>12289940
But I want to be the best

>>12289944
But I'm supposed to have authority

>> No.12289951

>>12289949
Maths?

>> No.12289959

>>12289862
>>12289876
>>12289933
You're not smarter than your teacher, you deserve the B and C- grades you're getting, your teacher is not stealing from you, there's no need for this passive-aggressive LARP to make you feel better.

>> No.12289965

>>12289959
I'm not larping. But thank you, ill just tell them this.

>> No.12289966

>>12289862
Headpats! :O

>> No.12289967
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>>12289862
Work on that ego of yours, it's not doing you any favors. Being upset that someone is better than you is so childish I can't even begin

>> No.12289974
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12289974

>Work on that ego of yours, it's not doing you any favors. Being upset that someone is better than you is so childish I can't even begin

>> No.12289977
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12289977

>someone is better than me!!!

>> No.12289978

>>12289862
Wait. Smarter in science or in literature?

>> No.12289979
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12289979

>noooo you can't be competitive!!!!

>> No.12289980

>>12289977
IM SUPPOSED TO BE BETTER THAN THEM!

>> No.12289982

>>12289979
noooooo!
soooooooiiii
soooooooooooiiii
I can only say sooooiiiii
sssoooooooiiiiii

>> No.12289984
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12289984

>someone is better than me. That is unacceptable. I must crush all competition.

>> No.12289989
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12289989

>noooooo!
>soooooooiiii
>soooooooooooiiii
>I can only say sooooiiiii
>sssoooooooiiiiii

>> No.12290008
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12290008

>I must sabotage for everyone that's better than me instead of bettering myself!

>> No.12290013

I don't know bro, but I always feel pretty good when I see someone really smart. Especially if they haven't fulfilled their potential and I can push them in the right direction.

>> No.12290048

>>12289862
>>12289895
>>12289915
>>12289933
Put unreasonably difficult questions in exams that you know they won't be able to solve, offer them a lab or TA position just so that you can be a massive cunt to them. The worst thing you can do to a promising student is to intimidate, demoralise, and break their spirit.

>> No.12290056

>>12290048
Lmao. Why are 4chan people so horrible. Bro, what went wrong in your life?

>> No.12290067

>>12290048
DONT YOU THINK I'VE TRIED!! They keep answering all the hard problems! I dont know what to do

>> No.12290133

>>12290067
Well, there's three options
>becoming better yourself
>make them become worse
>neck yourself
A combination of 1 and 2 would be optimal but 3 would solve your problem as well. There are different ways to give a person mild brain-damage

>> No.12290137

>>12290133
What if they fight back?

>> No.12290146

>>12290137
If you're a woman, have sex with them and start an abusive sort of relationship where you also drug him
Otherwise I don't know

>> No.12290175

>>12289876
Yeah just sabotage them in little ways and rationalize it to yourself by telling yourself that you’re just teaching them a life lesson about “outshining the master”. And that they’re lucky to learn to hide their power level from someone like you instead if someone even more malicious.

>> No.12290238

>>12290175
They hired a hacker and now im blacklisted at every major company. Also I'm on a watch list now. Turns out they were watching my screen. Fuck you

>> No.12290365

>>12290056
OP asked for suggestions, I gave them. I just want to be helpful

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12291078

>>12289862
>>12289915
>>12289933
Nakabachi, stop seething over your sexy daughter's intellect and make amends already. Despite everything she still loves you.

>> No.12291082

>>12289862
rape them

>> No.12291140

lmao this has to be a troll thread, either that or this is a salty student who thinks he's smarter than the prof

>> No.12291159

>>12290056
>why is 4Chan mean :(
You know where to go: plebbit

>> No.12291160

>>12289862
Learn from him?

>> No.12291169

>>12290365
>>12291159
4chan peeeepo stop being so mean and rudeeee, be more like your fav animu

>> No.12291232
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>>12291169
>be more like your fav animu
my fav animu is death note

>> No.12292090

>>12289862
Guve him a master thesis to do my work for me.

>> No.12292487

>>12289862
I mean, you'd have to be some kind of underachiever, or just exceedingly stupid, to never run into people smarter than yourself. I've never been a teacher myself but I imagine just like in any business, experience is just as valuable. They can be smarter, but they won't have the years to decades of raw experience you do. So there's still stuff you can teach, or in work, that you can use to remain ahead.

But there's no inherent shame to meeting people smarter than yourself. If anything I think it's a healthy sign. It means you're not plateauing in some safe loser job somewhere without ever exposing yourself to a competitive environment. I have an IQ of 143 myself. Every time I've met someone smarter than myself, I've been better off for the experience. They always teach me something that I can use, and they always spur me on by reminding me that I can't stay still, I have to improve. I've been in a few places where I was the smartest person in the room for too long straight, and it makes you lazy. It demotivates you. And it twists your views, literally makes you stupid in the long run because your own insecurities, own human flaws start to take over and there's no-one around forcing you to face the facts. I believe this is what's at the heart of the idea that absolute power corrupts absolutely. Whether it's power, or intellect, if the only person who can criticize you is yourself, it'll never lead to anything good. Your own internal world will slowly become your reality, instead of the real reality out there. And you won't even notice, because there's no-one around, no stimulus available, to remind you.

Which is why I've learned to love surrounding myself with at least some people smarter and wiser than myself, to offer perspective, to keep me going in the right direction, and to always keep me on my toes, questioning things. Intellect isn't a matter of ego. Don't feel ashamed, or proud, just because you were born different. You didn't earn that.

>> No.12292684

Help them become better
Leave your ego behind

>> No.12292687

>>12289862
Try to help him become more competent then me?

>> No.12292698
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>>12289862
Top quality larping.

Had a kek, thanks friend.

>> No.12292718

>>12291078
kek

>> No.12292744

>>12289862
This should be stickied

>> No.12292745

>>12289862
You die a premature death.

>> No.12293492

>>12291078
Kek, I realized it when I saw OPs pic and read this >>12289933. No way he isnt LARPing

>> No.12293514

>>12289862
Write a letter of recommendation to a uni that will match their talent? Elect to have them work alongside you so the smart can rub off?

>> No.12293519

>>12289933
>>12290048
This is why science has been stagnating for several decades now:
There's too many insecure faggots who can't accept someone is better than them, and wants to crush that potential rather than let it bloom and further the field.