Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Genius Child Kicked Out Of School For “Not Being Able To Learn” Could Win Nobel Peace Prize

They said he would never learn, now he’ll teach them a thing or two…

A genius boy whose IQ is higher than Albert Einstein is on his way to possibly winning a Nobel Prize after being set free of special education programs in public schools.

His mother made the decision to take him out of the programs, even after having doctors diagnose him with Aspergers and say that her son Jacob Barnett would never even learn to tie his shoes.

She describes in her book “The Spark: A Mother’s Story of Nurturing Genius” that she was afraid of trying to pull him out of school. “For a parent, it’s terrifying to fly against the advice of the professionals. But I knew in my heart that if Jake stayed in special ed, he would slip away.” Jacob was not thriving in special ed classes. He kept turning deeper into himself and was uncommunicative with other people.

His doctors prescribed medical treatment for the boy. When he wasn’t in therapy though, his mother noticed him doing amazing things. “He would create maps all over our floor using Q-tips. They would be maps of places we’ve visited and he would memorize every street.” Jake dropped out of elementary school in the 5th grade. His incredible memory allowed him to attend university classes after he learned all of high school math in two weeks. Now he’s on track to graduate from college at age 14 and working on theories to build on Einstein’s theory of relativity. 60 minutes did a special on Jacob below:



Naib Canselor UiTM Bakal Beri Ceramah Di Universiti Oxford


Tan Sri Profesor Sahol Hamid Abu Bakar
SHAH ALAM: Naib Canselor Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) Tan Sri Profesor Sahol Hamid Abu Bakar akan memberi ceramah tentang bagaimana melahirkan usahawan berjaya di Universiti Oxford, United Kingdom (UK) bulan depan.

Beliau berkata beliau dijemput universiti terkemuka dunia itu sebagai penceramah dalam 'Entrepreneurial University Leaders Programme' yang bakal disertai wakil lebih 20 universiti dari seluruh UK pada 10 Julai ini.

"Saya telah dipelawa untuk memberi ceramah mengenai bagaimana UiTM dapat melahirkan usahawan berjaya. Saya merupakan satu-satunya penceramah yang dijemput dari UiTM dan ia menjadi suatu kebanggaan buat kami," katanya kepada pemberita selepas meraikan pemenang kejohanan debat seluruh Asia, di sini Selasa.

Beliau menyifatkan jemputan itu sebagai peluang untuk menaikkan nama UiTM di peringkat dunia. 

"Ini juga adalah satu permulaan di mana Universiti Oxford telah mengiktiraf UiTM sebagai universiti yang berjaya melahirkan pelajar berpotensi tinggi," tambahnya.

Majlis itu meraikan empat pelajar UiTM yang menduduki antara 10 tempat terbaik dalam pertandingan debat berkenaan yang berlangsung 2 Jun lepas.