Iranian of the Day

"Success"?

Have the University professors become the most successful individuals in the US?!  Do they make more than a low average?  Do they think more clearly than others?  Do the wealthy research based companies allow them to grow?  Haven't you seen when they cry spending years writing a research Grant and get rejected?

That's a nature of Iranians to take the low, too low......

Let's get serious.

I have observed so many of them who got lost or not-completed their Ph.D.s because of mental issues; mainly a huge cultural gap and their lack of professioncies in language.

As a result, the admission criteria or the criteria for success in the US is not just based on one's high score.  You all are grown up and you know that "success" needs much more talents than passing a course and getting 100 in one course.  Communication, communication and communication.......What's the value of one's information without the talent to communicate or transfer the knowledge?  I'd suggest to review the CV of top University professors.  You will see more than just a degree...... 

What are you talking about?

End up in Israeli ?  that's funny .......

...... even those with brain from Isreal have ended up here in the U.S....

unless they have some promised land syndrome and stay there .......

Mashangy, they all end up as professors teaching in Israel or US

Shouldn't we all be thankful to IR for all this generosity with our young geniuses.

As far as the worse: You are the worst.

A perfect recipe...

...for a blog on the subject of anti-Semitic nature of IRI: There is no "berg" in there.

Did I say IRI? then it must be IRR or worse...

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Hi Ari,

    I remembered your cartoon clearly....great job! Your cartoon has a lot of Math!...Iranian of the Day introduction said that he is a winner of IMO......not sure where is the source, though!

Yolanda, Vahidniya vs. Khamenei cartoon

Cartoon.

Though there are no reports of Vahidniya having gotten into trouble after his speech questioning Khamaeni's infallibility, there are concerns for him. The Italian parliament has asked their government to give him assylum if it becomes necessary. By the way, Vahidniya was not an international olympian; he won the gold medal in national championships--though some media have said otherwise.

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Thank you, Ari, for the fun blog.

Mahmoud Vahidnia is a former winner of International Mathematical Olympiad......he hackled Khamenei in 2009......he was chosen as Iranian of the Day 2 years ago:

//iranian.com/main/2009/oct/mahmoud-vahidnia

not sure where he is? In jail? or at school?.....he attended Sharif Univeristy!

Azin

You will be happy to know that both women math geniuses Maryam Mirzakhani and 
Roya Beheshti Zavareh are also your ham madresehi at Farzanegan. Here's an interview with Mirzakhani where she remembers their high school principal fondly: "...she was a strong willed woman who was willing to go a long way to provide us with the same opportunities as the boy's school."

As for North Korea, the similarity in problem solving approach is only circumstantial evidence that warrants investigation. I suspect the commitee did some more investigating before disqualifying the team. Dunno, really! They supposedly came in 4th or 5th even after the alleged cheating. Why not first!?

Mina khanoom ham madrese iye

Mina khanoom ham madrese iye mane ! Dra morede Kore shomali ham fek nakonam taghallob karde bashn ina basically EYNE ham fekr mikonan. LOOOOOOOL scaryyyyy

right on points .....MG

 Sadly They all will end up in the U.S... Having said that I think they should and they deserve it ......

What else is waiting for these bright kids after graduation in iran ?  may be a full time underpaid governmental job  and a part time cab driver thingy to be able to survive ..... 

Shame on IRI ....... 

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Ari jan, a great blog. God bless IR for giving away all these young Math professors to American universities, their charity has no bounds.

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Wishing them all the best and success in all their endeavors...

Mona 

Good Job, well done, proud of them.

But as an ex  member of the "khar khoon club",  I can testify to the fact that it takes much more than success in "maths olympics" to turn a country into an advanced, scientific based, industrial society.

"Personal business must yield to collective interest."

Other Iranian women math wonders

Maryam Mirzakhani: Gold medal 1994 international math Olympiad held in Hong Kong. In 2008 she became a full professor of mathematics at Stanford University at the age of 31.

Roya Beheshti Zavareh: Silver medal 1994 international math Olympiad held in Hong Kong. In 2007 she became assistant professor of mathematics at the University of Washington in St. Louis at the age of 30 (or 31, you do the math!).

Both are Sharif University graduates.

Many thanks to Facebook friend for this info.

How long are we going to fool ourselves?

Excuse my saying there are not much to be proud.  These types of candidates remind me one of the old postings in Iranian.com.  It was about all olympiad "genious" people who were in prison or desperate in their life when they reach 30s.

Have these candidates know any thing about a real life?  What promising future is waiting for them? 

Are we going to support prisoning children at home to study or memorize something all their childhood and teen-ages?  In fact, do they have any other options?  Are there many basketball courts and safe social groups in Iran?  I would recommend to watch Cropsey documentary available in Netflix.  Because of cropseies young Iranians have no life: all is misery.

Attention Dokhi the women activist

.. I am hoping the girl will be allowed to play and the Olympiad Committee won't make her butt naked in order to participate ...

Of course there is a safety reason here as well ....

like " Thinking generates heat and if the girl's legs are coverd then her pants will be on fire  ....  LOL

I have no doubt that if they come up with something as stupid as this ,  some women activists in the west  ( hint Dokhi from NIAC ) will write a scientific paper and post it proudly in the onions news in support of the Commitee ..... 

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For 2010 International Mathematical Olympiad:

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China: #1

Russia: #2

USA: #3

Korea: #4

Thailand: #5

Japan: #7

Germany: #9

Italy & Vietnam: #11

Canada: #13

Iran: 16

France: #30

Israel: #53

Saudi Arabia: 67

Pakistan:#89

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Iran ranked #1 in the world in 1998 and #3 in 1997 and #4 in 2005! Yeah!

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با تبریکاتِ فراوان . . .اسمِ هیچ کدام از این مدارسی که واقع در تهران هستند را نمی‌شناسیم،دلمان خوش بود که شاید از دبیرستانِ ما هستند... امیدواریم که بخت با اینان باشند و به جایی‌ برساند که این همه استعداد حیف است تلف شود.