I watched a programme about child geniuses last night. Channel 4 has ben tracking them as they grow older, and they're all around 13 now. With the odd exception, they were all annoying little shits. One girl and her family, who I remember from the last catch-up (their family celebrated 11 plus results as oposed to birthdays), was too busy with exams to partake this time. (I actually think the last episode left the poor girl so ravaged by bullying because of the fucked-up life her parents had engineered that they chose not to partake.) One other kid, Dante (what hope did he have in life) needed to be smacked so hard into next week, but his parents had no intention of questioning any one of his disrespecful, precocious ways.
My daughter picked up and ate a Cheerio (several, actually) for the first time yesterday, at the age of 12 months! I've written to C4 today to ensure she's included in the next episode.
