It turns out Lady Gaga went to “geek camp” at the Center for Talented Youth offered by Johns Hopkins University, one of several summer camp programs offered to smart kids around the country. Other notable alumni of the highly selective programs include Google’s Sergey Brin and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg.
Summer programs offer gifted students a chance to stretch their intellect and creativity in ways often not developed in conventional classrooms. Plus, it offers students labeled “nerds” and “geeks” by their peers a chance to find a different kind of social acceptance.
Duke also offers a similar summer camp program, the Talent Identification Program (TIP). More than 3,100 students are attending TIP this summer, taking everything from a math class that covers an entire year of high school algebra to veterinary medicine courses. Attending classes with students who share a passion can completely change how students feel about their “geeky” interests. “If you’re around a bunch of people like there are at schools and stuff, then you can kind of get down if they don’t really like it,” said Sierra Royalty, 13, who is enrolled in TIP’s University of Georgia campus. “But when you’re surrounded by so many people who are always excited and happy and everybody’s into everything, it just makes it a million times better.”
Via CNN.
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posted on August 9th, 2010
by Margaret,
Tags: gifted students, Lady Gaga, Summer Camp
Posted in K-12 School | 10 Comments »
November 1st, 2010 at 11:08 am
[...] University of South Carolina at Columbia will be offering a course dedicated to Lady Gaga, which will be called “Lady Gaga and the Sociology of Fame.” The class will by taught [...]
October 12th, 2010 at 6:38 pm
I’m not an enormous Lady Gaga fan, but I think that folks are giving her a little bit of a hard time. Sure, she’s a bit out there, however she also has talent. Her singing voice could be a refreshing change when compared to the no-talent manufactured singers that have been assaulting our eyes and ears of late.
August 18th, 2010 at 12:10 pm
[...] Facebook la chica), y en su pasado hasta cuenta con la experiencia de haber ido a un famoso “geek-camp“. Gaga también tiene un mensaje de aceptarse por como uno es, de no sólo no sentirse mal si [...]
August 17th, 2010 at 10:50 pm
[...] pensará Lady Gaga cuando se lo hagan llegar al twitter? parece ser que se ha dejado ver por algun geek-camp-grad ojo no os la vayáis a encontrar en la por la [...]
August 17th, 2010 at 9:31 pm
[...] Facebook la chica), y en su pasado hasta cuenta con la experiencia de haber ido a un famoso “geek-camp“. Gaga también tiene un mensaje de aceptarse por como uno es, de no sólo no sentirse mal si [...]
August 17th, 2010 at 9:23 pm
[...] y en Facebook la chica), y en su pasado hasta cuenta con la experiencia de haber ido a un famoso "geek-camp". Gaga también tiene un mensaje de aceptarse por como uno es, de no sólo no sentirse mal si otros [...]
August 17th, 2010 at 5:42 pm
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August 12th, 2010 at 11:42 am
[...] As part of a five-week program recent graduates, who were brought in to instruct the classes, have held group discussions and encouraged the kids to express themselves through music, theater, and martial arts programs. [...]
August 10th, 2010 at 8:53 am
I believe strongly in these kinds of pre-college experiences. I’ve seen kids try out their interests, being able to explore in the company of others who like the same subject, and at the same time see what college will be like. It de-mystifies college, and lets you sample areas you think you’ll like.
August 9th, 2010 at 3:38 pm
yes, what he said ! after that witty exploitation of the meaningless/ambiguity that emcompasses “Ga Ga” – - Wouldn’t it be great if she had enough sense to read and stop her trash. I have seen her kill enough men in her videos, are we going to reverse evolution? And, I have only seem 2 of her videos.
I am permitted my opinion.