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Ask Jim and Tano if they are ever bored and they laugh. “If you sit down and wait for everything to come to you, you’ll be bored,” says Tano. Jim says TV reception at his house is limited to one fuzzy channel, so he has never felt tempted to plop in front of the TV.
Chaos Is Part of Learning
“Our house is always a total disaster,” says Mrs. Clark. “You have to get used to living with a lot of chaos. Everything is always a work in progress,” she says, recalling the logs, twine, stone, plexiglass, and batteries strewn about during the submarine and cabin projects.
“I’m always embarrassed when people come to visit.”
The Clarks say 12-year-old Steven is as gifted as Jim, but his bent is different — art and language rather than math.
Jim has not heard officially yet, but it is clear from hints by alumni and admissions committees that he will have his pick of colleges. Princeton is his first choice, because it offers the small size and the personal interaction that he likes so much at Rappahannock.
Mrs. Clark says they always knew Jim was bright — at age 6, he built a working cable car across their living room, using dental floss and an electric motor — but his recent achievements are beyond their dreams. “We keep pinching ourselves to see if this is true.”
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