She pulled out "My Life in France," and pointed to this passage: When I wasn't at school, I was experimenting at home, and became a bit of a Mad Scientist.
Did you ever have to do that experiment at school where you watched crystals form in a saturated solution?
When she was 12 years old, she designed her first experiment at school, to demonstrate the physical principle behind the Thermos flask.
American students can successfully complete science experiments at school, but can't explain their results.
If they ask you what you are going to use it for, either say for pickling meat, or for a science experiment at school.
Each of the three members of the band had, in their previous efforts, dabbled in the relatively new world of synthetic sound Sakamoto at school, experimenting with the Moog and other synths, Harry Hosono with experiments in electronic rock, and Osamu Kitajima's work in psych rock that incorporated electronic instruments.
In 1966, Paterno began his so-called "Grand Experiment" at the school, stressing moral values, scholastic achievement, and high graduation rates for his players.
"I think the energy field is so complicated that you'll never have the equivalent of a Bill Gates," said Robert C. Brown, an engineering professor at Iowa State University, who conducts biomass conversion experiments at the school's Center for Sustainable Environmental Technologies.
At the other end of the age spectrum, the "early college" movement, led by Bard College and based on the model of the German Gymnasium, is experimenting with accelerated schools at which students advance over four years from ninth grade through the first two years of college.
Mischel and his colleagues tracked some of the children as they grew up, and then claimed that those who managed to hold out for longer in the original experiment performed better at school, and went on to become more successful in life, than those who couldn't resist the temptation to eat the treat before the researcher returned to the room.
