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Ruth Lawrence kids

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ggglimpopo · 07/09/2006 11:56

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figroll · 09/09/2006 17:30

I can remember now - she used to go around on a tandem with her Dad. Must have been in the 70s or 80s. Thanks for the reminder!

DominiConnor · 09/09/2006 18:17

Must also be remembered that she had "Ruth Lawrence" parents, they were a big factor in this.

Although you'd hardly call her academic career a failure, she never did the huge things the more excitable members of the media predicted.

CarolinaMoon · 09/09/2006 22:28

prodigious kids always have those parents don't they?

People do complain that Ruth Lawrence isn't the best mathemetician of her generation, but OTOH how many of the rest have relationships, let alone kids, like her?

Jimjams2 · 09/09/2006 22:38

She lived in college- she just lived in college with her dad (who was eventually banned from the library and JCR meetings for trying to interfere).

I read that she'd put the maths to one side a bit to have a family and that children were more important to her than maths- which seemed very balanced considering.

I read in a magazine that her father tried to turn her elder half sibling into a genius but her mother rescued her (different mother from RL obviously).

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ggglimpopo · 09/09/2006 22:43

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UrsulatheSeaWitch · 09/09/2006 22:45

I went to school in Uxbridge

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ggglimpopo · 09/09/2006 22:50

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UrsulatheSeaWitch · 09/09/2006 22:50

Yes, sorry

ahem

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ggglimpopo · 09/09/2006 22:54

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ggglimpopo · 09/09/2006 22:55

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UrsulatheSeaWitch · 09/09/2006 23:07

Probably, normally, but I am going to bed in a min so no

fistfullofnappies · 09/09/2006 23:21

ggg, did you get my email?

threebob · 09/09/2006 23:21

When waiting for ds's turn in the music school concert (even the 3 year olds get to wave maracas around - it's not like he's playing a violin sonata) there was a boy of around 10 sat next to a cello case reading the sort of novel dh would read, from the adult section of the library (that's adult as in over 16 - not "adult" adult).

I felt sad for him when everyone else was gossiping with their mates and running around like loons. And then when I thought about it - he was me 20 years ago. I would have been the one with the book being sensible (better choice of books though).

fistfullofnappies · 09/09/2006 23:22

I got very confused reading this thread and thinking all these bright kids were off to Brunel university.

CarolinaMoon · 09/09/2006 23:22

ggg, what I mean is, there must be other 'nerdy' kids in the school, and surely they'd be better for this kid than girls who are six years older than him? They'd be more likely to have some interests in common with him.

He just needs some mates, not an entree into the cool clique after all...

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ggglimpopo · 09/09/2006 23:29

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