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Green = procrastinating
The girl second from the right looks like a Native American man.
(From left: Andrew Elvey Price, Aaron Chong, Stacey Law, Margaret Sheil, Alfred Liang, Dana Ma, Sampson Wong)
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most are asian!
and lol at that fat white gook woman in the middle.
most are asian!
and lol at that fat white gook woman in the middle.
lol haha. She does to
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IMO 2009 Results
Overall Ranking (1st 8)
1 - China
2 - Japan
3 - Russia
4 - Rep of Korea
5 - North Korea
6 - USA
7 - Thailand
8 - Turkey
23 - Australia
- - Aaron Chong (30) - Silver
- - Andrew Price (37) - Gold
- - Stacey Law (22) - Bronze
- - Alfred Liang (17) - Bronze
- - Dana Ma (11) - Honorable Mention
- - Sampson Wong (34) - Gold
Overall Ranking (1st 8)
1 - China
2 - Japan
3 - Russia
4 - Rep of Korea
5 - North Korea
6 - USA
7 - Thailand
8 - Turkey
23 - Australia
- - Aaron Chong (30) - Silver
- - Andrew Price (37) - Gold
- - Stacey Law (22) - Bronze
- - Alfred Liang (17) - Bronze
- - Dana Ma (11) - Honorable Mention
- - Sampson Wong (34) - Gold
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That dana girl would be heaps dev
the shit one of the group haha
the shit one of the group haha
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She is actually fairly good at mathematics, in the past year she has consistently been coming top 6 in all the national competitions. I think she would be dev because she was sick during the exam and so didn't do as well as she could have.
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Stacey and Sampson may go again next year if they want to, they're still Year 11.
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So not like the socceroo team. Wish I was super maths smart.
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rofl wat are these chicks dey look like men wid their fcked up heads and allThe International Mathematical Olympiad 2009 was held on July 15-16 at Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany.
Website: welcome to IMO 2009 Bremen
Australian Team:
Aaron Chong, Doncaster Secondary College
Andrew Elvey Price, Brunswick Secondary College
Stacey Law, James Ruse Agricultural High School
Alfred Liang, Trinity Grammar School
Dana Ma, Melbourne Girls Grammar School
Sampson Wong, James Ruse Agricultural High School
(From left: Andrew Elvey Price, Aaron Chong, Stacey Law, Margaret Sheil, Alfred Liang, Dana Ma, Sampson Wong)
Here are the Questions
Here are the results (thanks kurt.physics)
Congratulations to Andrew Elvey Price and Sampson Wong for their Golds, Aaron Chong for his Silver, Stacey Law and Alfred Liang for their Bronzes and Dana Ma for her Honourable Mention!
Solutions are supposed to go up on the official website, but aren't there yet. In the meantime, there are some solutions at
http://www.mathlinks.ro/index.php?f=580
And here is Terry Tao's Lecture he gave at the IMO.
The next IMO will be in Astana, Kazakhstan, July 6-12, 2010:
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It's creepy how all these people have pictures of someone I know irl and they don't/Here are Sampson and Andrew with their Golds.
Sampson Wong was in the SMH today:
(The support family... maths gold medallist Sampson Wong, 16, with his parents, Cecilia and Jimmy, and his older sister Samantha. Photo: Domino Postiglione)
All that effort adds up to a gold medal
Heath Gilmore
The Sydney Morning Herald, August 24, 2009 page 15
Sampson Wong's hatred of homework helped set him on a path to mathematics glory, writes Heath Gilmore.
To maths geeks, Sampson Wong is a teen idol. Sampson, 16, became one of only a handful of Australians who have won a gold medal at the International Mathematical Olympiad. Australia has won only 13 gold medals since we began competing in 1981.
The six-member Australian student team won two gold medals at the 50th Olympiad in Bremen, Germany, last month and was placed 23rd out of 104 countries, with China in first position and Japan second. The competition was fierce.
Now Sampson, who is in year 11 at James Ruse Agricultural High School in Carlingford, is an emerging maths superstar and in the running to become only the second Australian to win two gold medals, if he repeats his performance next year. Not even the famed Terry Tao, gold medallist in 1988 while in year 12, managed this feat, although Tao, from Adelaide, was only 13 years old at the time.
Such high levels of achievement raise age-old questions. What has set Sampson apart from other good maths students? What scientific and social theories explain his achievements? Was Sampson born with a brilliant aptitude for maths or was his upbringing behind his success? What influence did his Asian cultural background and the opportunities provided by his family give him?
Sampson's father, Jimmy Wong, believes the strength of family life is the key, likening parenthood to boat-building. He and his wife, Cecilia, have expended tremendous energy and made many sacrifices to provide Sampson and his older sister, Samantha, with opportunities to first find their best talents and then develop them.
Both parents grew up in Hong Kong, with their families originally from the southern region of mainland China. Jimmy and Cecilia nominate a few crucial decisions in life which have benefited their children.
''All together we worked from the family, we go forward together,'' said Jimmy, an assistant manager at a Haymarket Chinese restaurant, who gained a degree as a mechanical engineer in Hong Kong.
''Raising children is like building a boat. You build a strong boat for the water rising. One day that boat, if it's right, will float and can sail to the furthest countries.''
Sampson and Samantha, a year 12 student at James Ruse who hopes to study commercial law, laugh readily at their father's enthusiastic metaphors.
''Mum and Dad have provided me with the right environment for me to work to my maximum ability,'' Sampson says.
When he was three, the family moved from Hong Kong to Australia for the lifestyle, but more importantly, for the educational opportunities.
''I did not know if Samantha or Sampson would be talented. But I know the Hong Kong education system squeezes the kids,'' Jimmy said.
''They only look after the best. I wanted [my children] to be looked after, no matter how talented, so we came to Australia.''
Jimmy and Cecilia chose to live in Dundas partly because it is within easy reach of several good public schools.
Cecilia stayed at home to attend to the children. Jimmy deliberately opted for a delivery job with a pre-dawn start but, more importantly, a mid-afternoon finish.
''In Hong Kong my father worked every day. I never saw him,'' Jimmy says. ''I worked hard, too, but made sure I was available for them, so they could be themselves.
''If they wanted to learn piano, tennis, maths or anything, I was there to help. I wanted them to be happy and healthy and find what they were good at. This was an important time. [Sampson] was very good at maths.''
Cecilia recalls talking with other mothers outside the local primary school. Her son was showing an aptitude for maths but disliked homework. She wanted him to gain access to a selective school to foster his mathematics talent. The other mums recommended coaching.
So Sampson was enrolled in a coaching college, which he attended once a week for an hour over about six months. Luckily for him, the college did not set homework. He later gained selection for entry into James Ruse.
Jimmy says that once he knew Samantha and Sampson had access to a selective high school, he went to work full-time as a restaurant manager to help pay for their future.
''Now he needs school friends and his computer and his teachers - not as much his father and mother,'' Jimmy says.
''However, I tell him all the time now about the importance of friendship. How friends can help each other. You may not be as good at one thing and your friend is good at something else; you can come together and form a good team.''
Sampson's talent emerged in junior high school - at a younger age than most. The Australian Mathematics Trust quickly identified him as someone to watch.
He did not make the Australian Maths Olympiad team in year 9, nor was he a reserve, but he was already good enough to mix it with the team members from that era. He trained with the team for experience.
Geometry is a particular strength.
''I began developing my own style,'' Sampson says.
''Some crunch through … I like a more creative way of solving questions. I like to be more creative … and explore the beauty of the idea.''
The prized gold medal ads to a bronze Sampson won at the Olympiad last year.
The significance of his achievement is remarkable. His gold medal had a margin above the gold cut-off of 32 points - his score was 34.
Each competitor had to undertake six questions over two days, with a maximum seven points awarded for each answer. Sampson achieved the maximum seven points for the first four questions, six for question five and nothing for the sixth (only about 30 students of 565 got any points for it).
The Olympiad is not age-based, so Sampson was competing against students up to the age of 19 from other countries. He now has the distinction of being in the top 40 high school maths students in the world.
( http://www.smh.com.au/national/all-that-effort-adds-up-to-a-gold-medal-20090823-ev5e.html )
(The support family... maths gold medallist Sampson Wong, 16, with his parents, Cecilia and Jimmy, and his older sister Samantha. Photo: Domino Postiglione)
All that effort adds up to a gold medal
Heath Gilmore
The Sydney Morning Herald, August 24, 2009 page 15
Sampson Wong's hatred of homework helped set him on a path to mathematics glory, writes Heath Gilmore.
To maths geeks, Sampson Wong is a teen idol. Sampson, 16, became one of only a handful of Australians who have won a gold medal at the International Mathematical Olympiad. Australia has won only 13 gold medals since we began competing in 1981.
The six-member Australian student team won two gold medals at the 50th Olympiad in Bremen, Germany, last month and was placed 23rd out of 104 countries, with China in first position and Japan second. The competition was fierce.
Now Sampson, who is in year 11 at James Ruse Agricultural High School in Carlingford, is an emerging maths superstar and in the running to become only the second Australian to win two gold medals, if he repeats his performance next year. Not even the famed Terry Tao, gold medallist in 1988 while in year 12, managed this feat, although Tao, from Adelaide, was only 13 years old at the time.
Such high levels of achievement raise age-old questions. What has set Sampson apart from other good maths students? What scientific and social theories explain his achievements? Was Sampson born with a brilliant aptitude for maths or was his upbringing behind his success? What influence did his Asian cultural background and the opportunities provided by his family give him?
Sampson's father, Jimmy Wong, believes the strength of family life is the key, likening parenthood to boat-building. He and his wife, Cecilia, have expended tremendous energy and made many sacrifices to provide Sampson and his older sister, Samantha, with opportunities to first find their best talents and then develop them.
Both parents grew up in Hong Kong, with their families originally from the southern region of mainland China. Jimmy and Cecilia nominate a few crucial decisions in life which have benefited their children.
''All together we worked from the family, we go forward together,'' said Jimmy, an assistant manager at a Haymarket Chinese restaurant, who gained a degree as a mechanical engineer in Hong Kong.
''Raising children is like building a boat. You build a strong boat for the water rising. One day that boat, if it's right, will float and can sail to the furthest countries.''
Sampson and Samantha, a year 12 student at James Ruse who hopes to study commercial law, laugh readily at their father's enthusiastic metaphors.
''Mum and Dad have provided me with the right environment for me to work to my maximum ability,'' Sampson says.
When he was three, the family moved from Hong Kong to Australia for the lifestyle, but more importantly, for the educational opportunities.
''I did not know if Samantha or Sampson would be talented. But I know the Hong Kong education system squeezes the kids,'' Jimmy said.
''They only look after the best. I wanted [my children] to be looked after, no matter how talented, so we came to Australia.''
Jimmy and Cecilia chose to live in Dundas partly because it is within easy reach of several good public schools.
Cecilia stayed at home to attend to the children. Jimmy deliberately opted for a delivery job with a pre-dawn start but, more importantly, a mid-afternoon finish.
''In Hong Kong my father worked every day. I never saw him,'' Jimmy says. ''I worked hard, too, but made sure I was available for them, so they could be themselves.
''If they wanted to learn piano, tennis, maths or anything, I was there to help. I wanted them to be happy and healthy and find what they were good at. This was an important time. [Sampson] was very good at maths.''
Cecilia recalls talking with other mothers outside the local primary school. Her son was showing an aptitude for maths but disliked homework. She wanted him to gain access to a selective school to foster his mathematics talent. The other mums recommended coaching.
So Sampson was enrolled in a coaching college, which he attended once a week for an hour over about six months. Luckily for him, the college did not set homework. He later gained selection for entry into James Ruse.
Jimmy says that once he knew Samantha and Sampson had access to a selective high school, he went to work full-time as a restaurant manager to help pay for their future.
''Now he needs school friends and his computer and his teachers - not as much his father and mother,'' Jimmy says.
''However, I tell him all the time now about the importance of friendship. How friends can help each other. You may not be as good at one thing and your friend is good at something else; you can come together and form a good team.''
Sampson's talent emerged in junior high school - at a younger age than most. The Australian Mathematics Trust quickly identified him as someone to watch.
He did not make the Australian Maths Olympiad team in year 9, nor was he a reserve, but he was already good enough to mix it with the team members from that era. He trained with the team for experience.
Geometry is a particular strength.
''I began developing my own style,'' Sampson says.
''Some crunch through … I like a more creative way of solving questions. I like to be more creative … and explore the beauty of the idea.''
The prized gold medal ads to a bronze Sampson won at the Olympiad last year.
The significance of his achievement is remarkable. His gold medal had a margin above the gold cut-off of 32 points - his score was 34.
Each competitor had to undertake six questions over two days, with a maximum seven points awarded for each answer. Sampson achieved the maximum seven points for the first four questions, six for question five and nothing for the sixth (only about 30 students of 565 got any points for it).
The Olympiad is not age-based, so Sampson was competing against students up to the age of 19 from other countries. He now has the distinction of being in the top 40 high school maths students in the world.
( http://www.smh.com.au/national/all-that-effort-adds-up-to-a-gold-medal-20090823-ev5e.html )
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Just a note, Sampson is quite careless in the exams at the moment, he didn't get 100% for either of them (Stacey got 100% in both though) but I reckon that's because he knows he'll smash them in Year 12 when it counts.
