Imagine you are 15 years old and can see your life now and your accomplishments. Would your teenage self be "proud" of your accomplishments in life?


Dr. Cliff Pickover is the author of forty mind-expanding books at the edges of science, mysticism, and religion. His latest book is Archimedes to Hawking: Laws of Science and the Great Minds Behind Them.

Imagine you are 15 years old and can see your life now and your accomplishments.  Would your teenage self be proud of your 
accomplishments in life?


Aug 12th, 2008 | Cliff Pickover survey
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Xenosilvano
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Portugal

posted May 30th, 2009 at 23:55 CDT

it'd be kinda bizarre if I weren't proud.

Frecklesrsexy
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Ohio, United States

posted Oct 30th, 2008 at 09:18 CDT

i don't think my young self would really care. i have gotten better about some things. with age comes experience. there are some things that i would have liked to have done already but nothing that would make me disgusted with myself.

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posted Oct 5th, 2008 at 10:12 CDT

Not proud of the person, but proud of the accomplishments, mostly because they came from a good place and have been aimed at achieving good in the world. 

Stellabloo
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Canada

posted Aug 24th, 2008 at 10:17 CDT

Oh yeah, I never imaged I would be like this - and neither did my high school peers.  I went from bookworm to backcountry skier, redneck to hippie to tech, party girl to mom of three .... What surprises will tomorrow bring?

Ivylibertine
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Brazil

posted Aug 24th, 2008 at 00:06 CDT

Whoa... nice poll! And to think today I found a journal I kept when I was 15. It made me cry a river. My 15 year old self you loathe the person I am now.

Sheephogan
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Nevada, United States

posted Aug 16th, 2008 at 23:42 CDT

I would be proud of the fact I have survived this long! How did I manage that anyway? I was 15 just yesterday!

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posted Aug 16th, 2008 at 18:11 CDT

I am 15, and yes.

Gradefour
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Canada

posted Aug 14th, 2008 at 23:45 CDT

Accomplishments yes, I'd be proud, but not by the choices.

Scooter
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New York, United States

posted Aug 12th, 2008 at 14:09 CDT

Tough one. I think so because I was such a cool and easy going kid. It was hard to disapoint me. I'm not disapointed in my life now. Although I will admit that things went in a direction that I did not forsee.

Ang
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Texas, United States

posted Aug 12th, 2008 at 10:04 CDT

Ha, I would just be proud to have made it through high school. Everything else I have accomplished would be mind blowing to my 15 year old self. Well, okay I didn't end up as a pilot. That would have been a bummer.

Drowlord
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Texas, United States

posted Aug 12th, 2008 at 09:34 CDT

Hard to say, really.  I'm not a cyborg, I haven't taken over the world yet, and I haven't been to outer space.  But I do have a Lamborghini.  I might have had some unrealistic ambitions.

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