interesting article......

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Gifted Children Find Heavy Metal Comforting
[SIZE=-1]By Jason Nolan(Jason Nolan)
The results of a study of more than 1000 of the brightest five per cent of young people will come as relief to parents whose offspring, usually long-haired, are devotees of Iron Maiden, AC/DC and their musical descendants. ...
CompliticyTheory's blog - http://compliticytheory.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ [/SIZE]

 

[Metallicat180]

I read something similar on the Megadeth boards. It's a very interesting read, considering that metalheads are usually dismissed from society as being stupid, drug taking yobs.

 

[yosmark]

Thats why all the people in the board is so smart jejeje.

 

[MattDouglas]

I bet most of these 1000 bright kids DO NOT listen to country.

Okay, okay there's a few good country songs.... but not many IMNSHO.

 

[HobbesDawg]

heh. It was kinda fun in school and all. Long hair, levi jacket covered with metal patches, metal shirts, and one of the highest grade points and a free ride schollarship to the premire private college (other than BYU) in Utah

But it's true, people did assume you to be unintelligent, and drugged out just because you were a metal head.

 

[darthrya]

I always had fun dispelling the myth of "heavy metal fan = blithering idiot" with my friends' parents. I had the longest hair of all the guys in my high school graduating class (probably longer than all the girls, too), and the highest GPA.

I always liked listening to metal while doing my studies. I still do.

 

[Puckfiend]

heh. It was kinda fun in school and all. Long hair, levi jacket covered with metal patches, metal shirts, and one of the highest grade points and a free ride schollarship to the premire private college (other than BYU) in Utah

But it's true, people did assume you to be unintelligent, and drugged out just because you were a metal head.

Yeah, I got that sometimes in high school..

I went to a private middle school for grades 4-8. We had anatomy in 7th grade science class. Couple years later in high school, anatomy came up again in health class. Since I already knew all the major bones/muscles, I was not sweating that section. The teacher would point to a bone and ask the class for the name of the bone...all blank stares except for me. I rattled off a few before he stopped and asked the class if anyone, besides me knew the material. There's nothing like seeing the looks of peoples faces in times like those.

 

[Tap_Legion2]

I wonder if the researchers of these findings ever saw "Heavy Metal Parking Lot"....lol...

 

[darthrya]

Yeah, I got that sometimes in high school..

I went to a private middle school for grades 4-8. We had anatomy in 7th grade science class. Couple years later in high school, anatomy came up again in health class. Since I already knew all the major bones/muscles, I was not sweating that section. The teacher would point to a bone and ask the class for the name of the bone...all blank stares except for me. I rattled off a few before he stopped and asked the class if anyone, besides me knew the material. There's nothing like seeing the looks of peoples faces in times like those.

Good story. I think it's great when metal fans can prove they have a brain and know how to use it.

 

[yosmark]

Yeah, I got that sometimes in high school..

I went to a private middle school for grades 4-8. We had anatomy in 7th grade science class. Couple years later in high school, anatomy came up again in health class. Since I already knew all the major bones/muscles, I was not sweating that section. The teacher would point to a bone and ask the class for the name of the bone...all blank stares except for me. I rattled off a few before he stopped and asked the class if anyone, besides me knew the material. There's nothing like seeing the looks of peoples faces in times like those.

Well the same happened to me, im the boy who have the loger hair in the school, and today my Biology Teacher told me "Well done, you win the science fair" and at the middle of the year he toldme mmm... you seem to be a very lazy guy only interested in musicand with that long hair.. i just dont know.... and now jejeje he made me expose my Animal Conduct Project in front of the Director of the school and also in front of some Cordinators also from the school.

 

[darthrya]

Good for you. I hope you wore an Iron Maiden shirt for the event.

 

[yosmark]

Good for you. I hope you wore an Iron Maiden shirt for the event.

 

[Air Raid Siren]

Well once again the old adage proves true - you can't judge a book by its cover. They're quoting this study on CNN now- just saw it last night!