I had two initial ideas for this years COP project. The first arrived as a product of Richard's 'The Flipped Classroom' lecture, and a book that I read over the summer entitled "The Boy Who Played with Fusion", a biography of the young American scientist Taylor Wilson, who, at 14 years old, became the youngest person ever to build a working nuclear fusion reactor, and create a star on earth. What I found so interesting about Wilson's story, was that he was an (almost) entirely self-taught genius, having absorbed enough information and learning by the age of 14 to accomplish what some of the world's most accomplished scientists don't manage to achieve in a life time. I thought that Richard's lecture tied in quite neatly with this, and that the question of whether the State School system quashes and restricts the very best and the brightest young people could be an interesting area of explanation. However, upon reflection, I've decided against pursuing this topic. Not because I don't think it's a fascinating topic for discussion, but because I'm not sure how effective an essay I could write about something I'm not an active participant in. I wouldn't what the topic to become diluted.
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