Scientific Child Prodigy - a guide
Welcome to those who are new to Scientific Child Prodigy.
It has come to my attention that some site visitors are not familiar with Ainan's story. Ainan is a prodigious young scientist. He has demonstrated this in public examinations and is the youngest person ever to have passed an O level, as verified by the Singapore Book of Records. He is at work on higher level material, presently. Indeed he has been a student of Chemistry, at Singapore Polytechnic, for over a year.
At 7 years old, Ainan was accepted into the GEP, Gifted Education Programme, after passing all their tests. They advanced him about a decade in Chemistry by placing him in classes at Raffles College and other institutions. However, the GEP had a different vision for Ainan than us. They wanted to focus on theoretical education, whereas Ainan was more interested in experimental Chemistry. We were doing all the theoretical work he needed at home. Their offer was, therefore, redundant. Thus, within a year we gave up working with the GEP. It was our decision and a good one.
I feel it necessary to point this out because some people don't take the time to find out the facts. This has led to misunderstandings by them. I hope that this clarifies matters for those who have shown they need that clarification. Thanks.
You may be looking for our IMDb listings. IMDB is the Internet Movie Database for film and tv professionals. If you would like to look at my IMDb listing for which another fifteen credits are to be uploaded, (which will probably take several months before they are accepted) please go to: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3438598/ As I write, the listing is new and brief - however, by the time you read this it might have a dozen or a score of credits...so please do take a look. My son, Ainan Celeste Cawley, also has an IMDb listing. His is found at: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3305973/ My wife, Syahidah Osman Cawley, has a listing as well. Hers is found at: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3463926/
There are many posts and it is easy to overlook some that would be of interest, given the simple linking structure of this site. Therefore I am going to point your attention towards some pages which could be of interest:
For the first words of my scientific child prodigy son, Ainan Celeste Cawley:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/09/first-words-of-child-prodigy.html
For his precociously early physical development, crawling at four months, walking at six:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/09/earliest-walker-earliest-talker.html
For his ability to see future developments of present science and technology:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/09/is-genius-prophetic.html
For Ainan's tendency to challenge himself with huge projects demanding attention and ingenuity:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/09/grand-ambition-of-genius.html
For one of the signs of genius Ainan shows, and your kid may too:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/10/signs-of-genius-arcane-knowledge.html
For the early physical development of his younger brother, Tiarnan Hasyl Cawley:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/09/baby-tiarnan-crawls-downstairs.html
and more on his baby athleticism:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/10/athleticism-in-baby-opens-door-to.html
On why the gifted, geniuses, prodigies, and savants are important:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/10/prodigy-genius-and-gifted-why-are-they.html
On the peer group of prodigies: who do they relate to? Who can they best communicate with?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/09/peer-group-of-prodigy-intelligent.html
On the scepticism that the gifted sometimes face, when others learn of their abilities:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/09/did-leonardo-da-vinci-exist.html
On leadership and the way it shows in my son Fintan Nadym Cawley, 3.
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/09/leader-of-pack_25.html
Why we need more gifted education for children:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/09/gifted-childrens-education-needs-more.html
Musical gift and how it may show itself in a baby, from Tiarnan Hasyl Cawley's example:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/09/baby-who-sings-himself-to-sleep.html
On Tiarnan's talkative nature and precocious speech development:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/10/talkative-baby-genius-verbal.html
Syahidah Osman Cawley, the mother of my three sons, including prodigy Ainan Celeste Cawley:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/09/heresmummy.html
Ainan Celeste Cawley's like of writing science books mainly in Chemistry and Physics:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/10/youngest-science-author.html
The socratic questioning of Ainan Celeste Cawley, as teacher of his father:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/10/socratic-questions-of-genius.html
The tragic neglect and waste of human gifts, that is a global problem:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/10/gifted-but-neglected-global-problem.html
On the possibility of photographic or eidetic memory:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/10/photographic-memory-myth-or-fact.html
On the need for homeschooling for gifted children:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/10/considering-homeschooling-education-at.html
On helping grow the audience of Scientific Child Prodigy - a new blog:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/10/on-helping-grow-audience.html
A photo of Daddy Cawley, and a little introduction to my life:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/10/heresdaddy-in-singapore.html
On the difficulty of finding quality teaching in modern schools, particularly for gifted children:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/10/education-what-education-teachers-who_13.html
On the need for mutual support in the gifted community:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/10/gifted-community-togetherness-is-all.html
On the adult reactions to a gifted child, a prodigy or a genius:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/10/genius-child-and-adult-envy.html
The artistic works of Ainan Celeste Cawley's uncle, Hafiz Osman, a Singaporean artist:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/10/paintings-sculptures-installations-art.html
An introduction to Hafiz Osman, Ainan's artist uncle:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/10/hafiz-osman-painter-sculptor.html
The problem of plagiarism that faces all creative people and how it affects your creative child:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/10/plagiarism-and-creativity-original.html
Making time for creative work: genius needs its space...a tale about not wasting creative gifts:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/10/creativity-self-expression-and-time.html
The value and limits of iq testing: should you test your gifted child or not?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/10/iq-testing-to-test-or-not-to-test.html
The interior designs and designed objects of Ainan Celeste Cawley's artist uncle, Hafiz Osman:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/10/interior-designs-and-object-designs-of.html
Hafiz Osman's birthday surprise from an idea by Syahidah Osman Cawley:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/10/hafiz-osmans-art-birthday-surprise.html
The truth about whether the parents of prodigies are pushy or not:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/10/prodigy-and-pushy-parents-myth-or.html
The relationship between the iq of the parents and the children and how this relates to the inheritance of genius iq:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/10/genius-iq-and-genetic-inheritance.html
More of Tiarnan Hasyl Cawley's athletic progress and a discussion of Ainan's baby prowess in earlier days:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/10/babies-who-climb-early-athleticism.html
The internet conversation, the merits of posting a comment and the value of sharing:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/10/blogging-and-internet-dialogue.html
The natural confederacy that exists among the less bright, against the bright:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/10/confederacy-of-dunces.html
Who is the biggest bully in the school? An eye-opening discussion of a rarely recognized problem:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/10/biggest-bully-in-school.html
Are celebrities gifted? Do stars really shine intellectually or is it just the gloss of their make-up?
Get the truth on Hollywood stars and iq:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/10/celebrity-gift-or-creative-genius.html
Ainan Celeste Cawley, six, likes to invent his own scientific experiments, here is one:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/10/science-experiment-crash-test-dummies.html
Moderation in changes in the environment of a gifted child, preferred to address problems:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/10/parenting-prodigy-gifted-moderation.html
Heroism in children: how young does it show itself. Here is Fintan Nadym Cawley's own show of bravery:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/10/fintan-cawley-child-hero.html
A brief description of my blog and its range of contents, far and wide in the realm of genius:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/10/valentine-cawleys-blog-child-prodigy.html
How young do babies show high emotional intelligence? Here is Tiarnan displaying high EQ:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/10/emotional-intelligence-in-baby-self.html
What is the teacher's point of view on gifted children? Can they see a gifted child for what they are?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/10/teaching-gifted-educational.html
We all search the internet. Some do so with prejudice in mind. Here is one example:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/10/internet-google-search-and.html
Copyright protection is vital to all who create. Here is a discussion of Copyscape, a tool to protect against copyright breach and a mention of the financial penalties for breach:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/10/copyscape-and-copyright-protection.html
The prodigy paradox: the child prodigies view on educational challenge:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/10/prodigy-paradox-education-is-easy-when.html
Fatherhood brings much beauty into one's life: here is one such moment with Tiarnan:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/11/being-daddy-parenting-highs.html
Child prodigies find it hard, in some countries, to get an education, the UK provides an example:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/11/oxford-university-child-prodigies-out.html
Sometimes it is hard to know where to go for information on the internet - here are some links to useful gifted resources. This will expand over time.
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/11/gifted-links-resources-for-genius.html
True success is rarely found by people - because they approach it the wrong way, here is a better way:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/11/secret-of-success-be-yourself.html
Are all children gifted? Some PC spokespeople would have you believe so. Here is my take:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/11/all-children-are-gifted.html
On the value of patience when searching an internet site - blog or not:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/11/rewards-of-patience-are-sweet.html
Child prodigy is a little understood and little studied phenomenon. The academic authorities speak with little actual knowledge of the breed. So who is best to consult on the matter?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/11/authority-on-child-prodigy.html
Some famous people attack child prodigy, using poorly constructed arguments, and weak reasoning. It is one element of the anti-gifted agenda that is found in many places. Here is my refutation of Malcolm Gladwell's recent attack on child prodigy:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/11/malcolm-gladwell-and-child-prodigy.html
Many of my blog readers read in detail each and every post and spend quite some time on the blog site. Here are the details of the present record-holders, stars of the blog reading world:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/11/record-breaking-internet-blog-readers.html
Malcolm Gladwell believes that only adults are gifted doers, and that gifted children are just "gifted learners". Ainan shows otherwise. Here I ask you to share your experiences about your gifted child:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/11/are-you-parent-of-gifted-child.html
The Boy Who Knew Too Much: A Child Prodigy - how my blog got its name:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/11/how-my-blog-got-its-name.html
Gifts run in families. One of my relatives has the gifts of a mathematical savant - but is profoundly gifted, as well. Here I tell a story about his savant-like gift in action:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/11/josh-cawley-mathematical-savant-who.html
For a discussion of what goes into an actor's talents, thespian genius and the difference between stage actors and film stars, please go to:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/11/how-intelligent-are-actors-thespian.html
There are two basic types of thinker, the high IQ convergent thinker and the creative divergent thinker, here I discuss the differences and their uses in life and society:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/11/convergent-thinker-divergent-thinker.html
I live in Singapore. This is a city about which people have a certain view - but it has other traits, too. Here I talk of two observations of Singapore - the people and the weather.
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/11/singapore-city-fire-and-rain.html
Tiarnan Hasyl Cawley is my nine month old son. He speaks at the most surprising moments, his little voice emerging from silence, without warning, as if to say: "Surprise!" Here I write of one such surprise:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/11/words-of-love-on-tiarnans-tongue.html
All gifted children are special. Sometimes we are led to believe that they are just like the other gifted children. Not so. Here I speak of a fallacy in the way gifted children are viewed by psychologists:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/11/all-gifted-children-are-unique.html
My site is read by many different kinds of people, but one particular group is obvious: academics and their spouses at Universities and research institutes across the world. Here I speak of something I have observed about them:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/11/silence-of-academia-curious.html
Baby Tiarnan Hasyl Cawley is nine months and counting. Literally. (Though he began to do so some time ago, actually, this is my first post about it).
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/11/numerate-dreams-of-baby-tiarnan.html
Sometimes it is the teacher who is the bully in school. Here is a success story of a gifted child whose parents took action:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/11/triumph-over-teacher-bullying.html
Rembrandt is probably the greatest Dutch painter of all time. Here I take a brief look at him and his artistic gifts for reasons that will become clear in a later post:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/11/rembrandt-greatest-dutch-artist-of-all.html
Here I discuss two gifted cultures: America and Singapore and examine the differing emphasis placed on achievement and IQ in the two nations:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/11/two-gifted-cultures-america-and.html
You can earn $20,000 USD per gifted family by appearing in a TV show on gifted children in the US. You must be a US resident to appear. Details follow:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/11/casting-call-us-20000-for-gifted.html
A TV show documentary on gifted children and their families contacted me: here is a further post on the $20,000 USD opportunity for your family:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/11/tv-show-is-documentary.html
Differing educational cultures welcome gifted boys or girls in different ways. Here I write of how my gifted child, scientific child prodigy, Ainan Celeste Cawley has been welcomed, in Singapore:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/11/welcoming-gifted-culture-of-acceptance.html
President George W. Bush came to Singapore to give a speech addressed to the whole of South-East Asia - and to have pleasant dinner at the Istana (the Palace of Singapore):
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/11/president-bush-is-in-singapore.html
Often gifted adults are not well treated in the work place: they are greeted with jealousy by their less gifted brethren - or sometimes worse. Here is one story of what can happen to a gifted working adult (example in Singapore):
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/11/gifted-adults-in-workplace.html
Ainan Celeste Cawley is shows not only the nature of a prodigy, in being prodigious, but also the nature of a genius: in being creative, and thinking of new ideas, beyond what he knows. Here he invents the principle of optoelectronics, without prior knowledge of it:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/11/ainan-invents-optoelectronics.html
For an account of Ainan Celeste Cawley's tendency to write pages and pages of chemical equations daily, in fullest detail:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/11/ainan-cawleys-chemical-equations.html
Ainan Celeste Cawley has an interest in the history of science: how and why science came about
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/11/history-of-science-ainans-fascination.html
Tiarnan Hasyl Cawley, is a relatively verbal baby. Here he shows an understanding that different languages may be semantically equivalent, in a trilingual conversation:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/11/trilingual-conversation-with-baby.html
Baby Tiarnan Hasyl Cawley is quite precocious in his movement, here he tackles walking upstairs, at nine months old:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/11/baby-tiarnan-walks-upstairs.html
Singapore is obsessed with science and technology. Here I write of a public science education initiative:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/11/singaporean-public-education-science.html
Ainan Celeste Cawley has been six for one whole year. This is an account of his seventh birthday party, with a space adventure theme:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/11/ainans-seventh-birthday-space.html
Happy Thanksgiving America: I hope you had a great day!
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/11/happy-thanksgiving.html
Ainan Celeste Cawley is an incessant inventor of all things electrical, mechanical and chemical. Here I discuss his regular drawings/blueprints of new machines and devices:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/11/inventor-electrical-mechanical.html
One reader wondered in his search terms, how to tell if a child is a prodigy, here I answer him:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/11/is-your-child-prodigy.html
Creativity is the foundation of genius, but is it appreciated in the education system?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/11/problem-of-creativity-examinations.html
Genius is a mysterious and wonderful human attribute. It is the rarest of gifts - but is it correlated with IQ? Here Rembrandt is used as an example, to examine the issue:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/11/was-rembrandt-genius.html
Some see the wonder in our story and question whether the Cawley family is real. Here is my answer to those who puzzle at the tale of a prodigy and his family:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/11/is-cawley-family-real.html
Every child dreams, but of what does a genius child dream? Here I tell of one dream of a child genius - or at least, a single remark from one:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/11/dreams-of-child-genius.html
Syahidah Osman and Valentine Cawley met by chance, ten years ago: here I comment on this anniversary.
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/11/tenth-anniversary-of-chance-meeting.html
A passion for numbers defines many who go on to become highly adept at mathematics, here I observe my child prodigy son, Ainan Celeste Cawley's response to numbers:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/12/passion-for-numbers-numeracy.html
Genius is allied to social isolation and solitude. Are geniuses solitary figures? Here is my view on genius:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/12/creative-genius-and-social-isolation.html
Leonardo Da Vinci may well be the greatest Universal Genius of all time. Here are his last words:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/12/leonardo-da-vincis-last-words.html
Ainan Celeste Cawley has an interest in geology, minerals and stones in general:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/12/diamonds-and-dolomite-mineral.html
Ainan is replete with rare knowledge - and beautiful thoughts about it. Astronomy is one of his interests. Here is Ainan on our Sun and its hidden nature:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/12/song-of-sun-celestial-music.html
Fintan Nadym Cawley, three, is a boy of personal gifts. Here is a tale of how he took the role of a motivational speaker, one day, showing that he has social gifts that evidence emotional intelligence at work:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/12/youngest-motivational-speaker-in-world.html
Tiarnan is an athletic baby. Here I write of another milestone in his motor development: walking downstairs unassisted - and an acrobatic feat that he does with a wall, a sofa and a split-level apartment:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/12/tiarnan-walks-downstairs-unassisted.html
Ainan Celeste Cawley, seven years, and two weeks, is a scientific child prodigy, with a liking of designing chemicals: here I speak of a recent molecular design:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/12/molecular-designer-chemical-genius-at.html
Tiarnan Hasyl Cawley is a ten month old toddler - he is also rather quick of hand and eye. Here I tell of one example of his quickness - and his poor taste in food:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/12/fast-food-faster-baby-tiarnan.html
As babies grow, they gradually come to assert their own personalities. Here, Tiarnan shows that he knows what he wants and knows how to tell Daddy what to do:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/12/tiarnan-tells-daddy-what-to-do.html
Babies are usually unaware of the dangers of the world. Tiarnan, however, is different. Here he shows his alertness to what is dangerous - and does something about it.
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/12/words-of-warning-sense-of-danger.html
Some parents over-timetable their children. Here I discuss the importance of play for a child's development:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/12/importance-of-play-for-children.html
If you have arrived off a search engine, in search of particular information, here is some advice about finding it, on my blog:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/12/search-engine-traffic-advice.html
What is the difference between a "gifted child" and a child prodigy?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/12/gifted-child-and-prodigy-difference.html
What is a genius? Is genius just high IQ?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/12/what-is-genius-is-iq-enough.html
How is a child prodigy perceived by the general public? How do they react to a prodigy's abilities?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/12/public-reactions-to-prodigy.html
The Pioneer 10 anomaly is a modern scientific mystery. Here is Ainan's first thought on it:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/12/pioneer-10-anomaly-and-ainans.html
How is genius received by women?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/12/how-is-genius-perceived-welcomed-or.html
Why do I write this blog?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/12/why-do-i-write-this-blog.html
Kindness: how valuable is it? Is it the greatest virtue?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/12/value-of-kindness.html
Advice on the early speech of her child, at six weeks - and how to handle it:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/12/advice-for-jena-early-speech.html
Some people have misunderstood my question on Rousseau's observation, here I try to correct that:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/12/rousseau-correction-of.html
My wife observed one good reason to marry a Caucasian (if you are Asian):
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/12/why-marry-caucasian.html
A true gift should emerge naturally from the child:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/12/natural-emergence-of-gift.html
Some people are polymathically gifted: is this better than being of a single gift?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/12/are-many-gifts-better-than-one.html
My policy on comment posts on my blog - a necessary good:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/12/policy-on-comment-posts.html
Fintan and the "Crocodile"
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/12/fintan-and-crocodile.html
Merry Christmas everyone:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/12/merry-christmas-to-world.html
Fintan, three, is a very sweet boy. Here is his reaction to Christmas.
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/12/christmas-in-fintans-words.html
Is it better to be gifted and isolated or part of the "gifted community", well that depends...
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/12/gifted-isolation-or-gifted-community.html
Tiarnan is a perceptive child and a visual one, here we see him interpret a shadow:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/12/meaning-of-shadow.html
An earthquake in Taiwan has disrupted internet connections in South-east Asia:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/12/taiwanese-earthquake-and-internet.html
Ainan likes to build things - mini civil engineering projects. Here we learn of the fate of one project:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/12/civil-engineer-and-godzilla.html
Fintan is ever the brave boy, here is a tale of his undauntedness:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/12/fintans-christmas-request.html
Ainan is a molecular designer. Here he discusses one problem with his molecules:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/12/ainan-and-molecules-that-may-never-be.html
Here is how we saw in the New Year with our three boys:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/01/fireworks-at-marina-singapore.html
Tiarnan, eleven months, hails a taxi:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/01/tiarnan-hails-taxi.html
Back to school, for Ainan: some thoughts on primary school and the gifted.
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/01/back-to-school.html
On being a father of three:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/01/on-being-father-of-three.html
Tiarnan, eleven months, goes vacuum cleaning:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/01/tiarnan-and-uncooperative-vacuum.html
Is education necessary for success?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/01/is-education-necessary-for-success.html
Tiarnan has an eye for Art and an understanding of representation:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/01/tiarnan-and-animals.html
What is the demeanour of a young child prodigy like?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/01/attitudes-of-young-prodigy.html
Is a big family bad for the IQ of its members?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/01/is-big-family-bad-for-iq.html
Leonardo Da Vinci: did he see the world differently to others?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/01/leonardos-speed-of-perception.html
Tiarnan, in training:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/01/tiarnans-training-regime.html
The American and UK style education are different, here I look at some of the ways they differ:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/01/comparative-education-america-and-uk.html
Tiarnan's seeks out music - and reacts to it, emotionally:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/01/tiarnans-sensitivity-to-music.html
Are online games an education...or a threat to it?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/01/are-online-games-educational.html
Tiarnan's first birthday party:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/01/tiarnan-at-safari.html
Some people get stressed easily, others are cool under pressure: which is Ainan?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/01/observation-of-ainans-composure-under.html
Fintan shows his sweetness of nature in many ways, most days:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/01/fintans-sweetness-of-character.html
Are there any advantages to being a child prodigy?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/01/advantages-of-being-child-prodigy.html
How young can a child feel a sense of loss when someone is no longer around?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/01/tiarnans-sense-of-loss.html
Tiarnan often manages to surprise with his understanding of the world, here is one example:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/01/tiarnan-and-wiring.html
Prodigies and savants both possess remarkable abilities, but what is the difference between them?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/01/prodigy-and-savant-difference.html
Fintan can be wise in surprising ways, here he makes a social judgement:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/01/fintan-advises-mummy.html
Can a baby tell the time?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/01/tiarnan-and-time.html
Who is the brightest child in the class?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/01/quietest-child-is-often-brightest.html
The importance of a good teacher, for every child:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/02/importance-of-good-teacher.html
Elitism: a dangerous concept
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/02/elitism-is-dangerous-word.html
How to go about homeschooling in a nation that has no tradition of it?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/02/first-steps-to-homeschooling.html
Some babies love to climb, a little too much, Tiarnan is one such:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/02/tiarnan-baby-mountaineer.html
Who does one turn to, to secure provision for one's gifted child? Well, how about one's Member of Parliament?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/02/letter-to-parliament.html
Singapore Parliament answers:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/02/parliament-answers.html
Are practical children and gifted children two different types?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/02/practical-and-gifted.html
What good is high IQ?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/02/what-good-is-high-iq.html
Who is a genius?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/02/who-is-genius.html
Ainan's admission into the Gifted Education Programme, Singapore:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/02/its-official-gifted-education-programme.html
Tiarnan invents the idea of an expletive:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/02/tiarnan-invents-expletives.html
How early can a child begin to read?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/02/early-reading-first-word-recognition.html
How do educational authorities behave towards parents? Here is Singapore in action:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/02/how-to-make-parents-unhappy-singapore.html
The result of Ainan's Chemistry Conference:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/02/ainans-chemistry-conference.html
Fintan sometimes says the unexpected:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/02/fintan-prophet-speaks.html
The significance of the Year of the Golden Pig, for Singaporeans:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/02/year-of-golden-pig.html
Raising a gifted child has unexpected costs:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/02/hidden-price-of-giftedness-books.html
Fintan has his own way of speaking and thinking - here is one anecdote:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/02/fintanism-fintans-means-of-expression.html
Bestselling books for a genius boy:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/02/bestselling-books-for-genius-boy.html
At what age do children make alibis for themselves? Here Tiarnan does so:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/02/tiarnan-invents-alibi.html
What is President Bush's IQ? The IQ of leaders:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/02/president-bushs-iq.html
The Gifted Education Programme, Singapore, is interested in our son. Here are the latest developments:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/02/gifted-education-programme-singapore.html
The right to know about your child, in gifted education:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/02/right-to-know-in-gifted-education.html
Tiarnan shows his personality when he meets "Sleeping Beauty":
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/02/tiarnan-and-sleeping-beauty.html
The chemistry of charisma: Ainan at play
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/02/chemistry-of-charisma.html
Do gifted children learn their observed quietness?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/02/do-gifted-children-learn-quietness.html
Ainan is to be "radically accelerated" - but is it really accelaration?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/02/radical-acceleration-that-isnt.html
Fintan displays unusual social skills for one so young. Here he tries a bit of "personal coaching":
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/02/fintan-mummys-personal-coach.html
Tiarnan has developed an interesting view of his father:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/02/tiarnan-recognizes-his-daddy.html
Comparative education: how an American and a Singaporean High School compare:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/03/comparative-education-singapore-high.html
Tiarnan is inventive in many ways. Here he invents the practical joke:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/03/tiarnans-invents-practical-joke.html
What does a boy genius read?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/03/what-does-boy-genius-read.html
What is NUS High School?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/03/nus-high-school-singapore-what-is-it.html
The NUS High School meeting:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/03/nus-high-school-meeting.html
What people think of a child prodigy's father - one aspect:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/03/child-prodigys-father-what-people-think.html
How do people react to a child prodigy in Singapore?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/03/reaction-to-child-prodigy-singapore.html
Should child prodigies be given a chance to develop their skills?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/03/child-prodigy-allowed-to-develop-or-not.html
Fintan has acute vision and powers of perception:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/03/fintans-range-of-perception-eagle-eyed.html
Fintan's powers of perception, further examined:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/03/further-observations-on-fintans.html
How should a gifted child be educated: broadly or deeply?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/03/how-to-educate-child-prodigies-and.html
Ainan is ever experimenting. Here he surprises me:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/03/ainans-experimental-flair-practical.html
Fintan, has many surprising qualities, here is one:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/03/unexpected-early-reader.html
Ainan considers the future of science:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/03/ainan-and-future-of-science.html
Who are the staff at NUS High School?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/03/nus-high-school-academic-staff.html
Life with Fintan is filled with funny moments, here is one:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/03/who-is-hero-of-story.html
The little Singaporean and the maid:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/03/little-singaporean-and-maid.html
Tiarnan is beginning to show an interest in and ability for, Art:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/03/tiarnans-first-adventures-in-art.html
Ainan has a solution to the Earth's environmental problems:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/03/environmentalist-solution-to-earths.html
The great IQ con:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/03/great-iq-con.html
Tiarnan has good fine motor control, here he shows it, at work:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/03/tiarnans-fine-motor-control.html
The Flynn Effect: are we all getting smarter?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/03/flynn-effect-are-we-all-getting-smarter.html
I tried to comment on a Daily Mail story:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/03/daily-mail-uk-seekers-of-truth.html
Tiarnan tries inter-species communication:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/03/tiarnan-tries-inter-species.html
Of imagination and morality: a lesson from the classroom.
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/03/more-lessons-from-classroom-morality.html
The Stanford University EPGY program comes to Singapore:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/03/stanford-university-epgy-in-singapore.html
Tiarnan's speed of reaction, saves the day:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/03/tiarnans-speed-of-reaction.html
The Daily Mail censored my comment on their website. Do they have a policy of censorship?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/03/daily-mail-censorship-policy-of.html
There are unique difficulties in parenting a prodigy child:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/03/difficulty-of-parenting-prodigy-child.html
Tiarnan knows his animals:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/03/tiarnan-knows-his-animals.html
Fintan goes swimming, in his own way:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/03/fintan-goes-swimming.html
Raymond Ravaglia, of Stanford University's EPGY discusses the basic flaw in American education:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/03/ravaglia-on-american-education-and.html
Fintan's perspective on the adult world:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/03/fintans-perspective-on-adult-world.html
Ainan experiments with walking on water, scientifically:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/03/ainan-walks-on-water-experiment.html
Child prodigies and the media, Ainan's experience:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/03/child-prodigies-and-media.html
Tiarnan invents a new way to climb:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/03/tiarnan-invents-new-way-to-climb.html
The effect of fame on customer service:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/03/effect-of-fame-on-customer-service.html
The effect of fame: an encounter at a supermarket:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/03/encounter-at-supermarket-singapore.html
Tiarnan reacts to being in the news:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/03/tiarnan-reacts-to-being-in-news.html
On estimating ratio IQ from developmental markers:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/03/ratio-iq-and-developmental-markers.html
All examining Boards are not the same. Here's what happened when we found out:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/03/differences-between-examining-boards.html
How does ratio IQ estimation compare to IQ testing?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/03/ratio-iq-estimation-versus-iq-tests.html
How to test for IQ, without taking a test for IQ:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/03/iq-testing-without-iq-testing.html
Tiarnan is a brave boy, here he shows how:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/03/tiarnan-brave.html
How good is Ainan's comprehension of textbooks:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/03/how-good-is-ainans-comprehension-of.html
The gifted and the future of society:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/03/gifted-and-future-of-society.html
Tiarnan tries Daddy's shoes:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/03/tiarnan-tries-daddys-shoes.html
Fintanism and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/03/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-and.html
Singapore's IQ distribution and giftedness:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/04/singapores-iq-distribution-and.html
Singapore shopping: a land of smiles...but why?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/04/singapore-shopping-with-smile.html
Fintan's creative perception - seeing the world with artist's eyes:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/04/fintans-creative-perception.html
The incommensurability of education systems:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/04/incommensurability-of-education-systems.html
Fintan experiences someone's cowardice in the playground:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/04/cowardice-in-playground.html
Do geniuses always get credit for their work?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/04/do-geniuses-get-credit-for-their-work.html
Hwa Chong Institution:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/04/hwa-chong-institution.html
Singapore's experience of the gifted:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/04/singapores-experience-of-gifted.html
Can a child's imagination ever be too much?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/04/childs-imagination-can-it-be-too-much.html
Fintan spots a dinosaur in Singapore:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/04/fintan-spots-dinosaur.html
Ainan explores mathematics, for himself:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/04/ainan-explores-mathematics.html
Why: "The Boy Who Knew Too Much"?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/04/why-boy-who-knew-too-much.html
Why: "Perhaps too many gifts."?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/04/why-perhaps-too-many-gifts.html
Fintan's cartoon watching. What is special about it?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/04/fintans-cartoon-watching.html
A dinosaur in Singapore:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/04/dinosaur-in-singapore.html
Fintan's reaction to my blogging:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/04/fintans-reaction-to-blog.html
Does everyone reach out a helping hand to a prodigy?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/04/not-everyone-helps-prodigy.html
How fast can a man move when his child is in danger?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/04/power-of-unconscious.html
Fintan shows his internal aesthetic:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/04/fintan-choose-his-colours.html
Raffles Institution offer to help:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/04/raffles-institution-offer-to-help.html
All rounders and specialists:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/04/on-all-rounders-and-specialists.html
Those who will never understand the imaginative:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/04/those-who-will-never-understand.html
Reactions to Ainan in Indonesia:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/04/reactions-to-ainan-in-indonesia.html
Leonardo da Vinci's view of Humanity:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/04/leonardos-view-of-humanity.html
David Beckham, footballer, legend - and brilliant guy?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/04/david-beckham-footballer-and-legend.html
Tiarnan arranges time with his mummy:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/04/tiarnan-arranges-time-with-mummy.html
Ainan's gum arabic flow experiment:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/04/ainans-gum-arabic-flow-experiment.html
Tiarnan, the defiant:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/04/tiarnan-defiant.html
Malay translations of blog posts:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/04/malay-translations-of-blog-posts.html
Front page news, Malaysia:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/04/front-page-news-malaysia.html
A quiet trip to Nanyang Technological University, NTU, for Ainan:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/04/quiet-trip-to-ntu.html
Ainan's charity work day - his first volunteer experience:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/04/ainans-charity-work-day.html
The tyranny of examination grades:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/04/tyranny-of-examination-grades.html
Fintan the athletic child:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/04/fintan-athletic-child.html
On taking several IQ tests - which result counts?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/04/taking-several-iq-tests.html
Tiarnan's concern for his Daddy:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/04/tiarnans-concern-for-daddy.html
Ainan, an unconscious actor?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/04/ainan-unconscious-actor.html
Fintan and the secrets of the Sun:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/04/fintan-and-secrets-of-sun.html
Tiarnan and the piano:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/04/tiarnan-and-piano.html
IQ and wealth: Zagorsky study:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/04/iq-and-wealth-zagorsky-study.html
Searching for a tutor:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/04/searching-for-tutor.html
Karl Benz, child prodigy:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/04/karl-benz-child-prodigy.html
Tiarnan, the little policeman:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/04/tiarnan-little-policeman.html
Raffles and the laboratory:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/05/raffles-and-laboratory.html
The value of child prodigies:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/05/value-of-child-prodigies.html
Tiarnan of the smile:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/05/tiarnan-of-smile.html
Fintan's world of the imagination:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/05/fintans-world-of-imagination.html
What would the world be if the jealous held the reigns of policy?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/05/on-jealousy-and-policy.html
Brotherly love and solidarity: Tiarnan's demonstration.
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/05/brotherly-love-and-solidarity.html
The art of communication, Tiarnan style:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/05/art-of-communication-tiarnan-style.html
Careers advice for a gifted child: lessons from Syahidah's life:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/05/careers-advice-for-gifted-child.html
Who does Valentine Cawley look like? A celebrity search:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/05/celebrity-look-likes-famous-faces.html
Further photographic correlations of Valentine Cawley:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/05/valentine-cawley-celebrity-look-likes.html
Intellectual stars and national success:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/05/intellectual-stars-and-national-success.html
Leonardo da Vinci: musician:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/05/leonardo-da-vinci-musician.html
Speed learning practical chemistry:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/05/speed-learning-practical-chemistry.html
Welcome readers from Italy:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/05/welcome-readers-from-italy.html
The importance of personality:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/05/importance-of-personality.html
Child safety: window grilles are a life-saver. Here is Tiarnan's reason why:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/05/child-safety-window-grilles-life-saver.html
Is sweetness of character innate? Fintan's example:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/05/is-sweetness-of-character-innate.html
Berita Harian, Singapore: front page news, again:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/05/berita-harian-singapore-front-page-news.html
Ainan invents mathematical theories and formula:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/05/ainan-invents-mathematical-theories-and.html
Babelfish translation:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/05/babelfish-page-translation-for-you.html
A day out at Singapore Zoo:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/05/singapore-zoo-day-out.html
Technorati ranking for scientific child prodigy:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/05/technorati-ranking-for-scientific-child.html
A close encounter of the Bird Kind.
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/05/close-encounter-of-bird-kind.html
Albert Einstein on gifted isolation:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/05/albert-einstein-on-gifted-isolation.html
20 Minutos (the leading Spanish daily by readership) on Ainan:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/05/20-minutos-on-ainan-celeste-cawley.html
Genetic discrimination against the gifted:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/05/genetic-discrimination-against-gifted.html
Are children image conscious?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/05/are-children-image-conscious.html
Giftedness and "palm-reading":
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/06/giftedness-and-palm-reading.html
The meaning of a child who paces:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/06/child-who-paces-about.html
What is a savant?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/06/what-is-savant-syndrome.html
Does water boil at room temperature?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/06/does-water-boil-at-room-temperature.html
Tiarnan's love of nature:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/06/tiarnans-love-of-nature.html
The need for greater empathy:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/06/need-for-greater-empathy.html
Delayed gratification and achievement:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/06/delayed-gratification-and-achievement.html
Fintan sings his own songs:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/06/fintan-sings-his-own-songs.html
Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss, Child Prodigy:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/06/johann-carl-friedrich-gauss.html
Tiarnan's hungry tummy - and his solution:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/06/tiarnans-hungry-tummy.html
On being an academic reference:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/06/on-being-academic-reference.html
La Vanguardia, Spain - coverage of Ainan:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/06/la-vanguardia-spain-barcelona.html
A high IQ promotes longevity:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/06/high-iq-promotes-longevity.html
When advice, is not advice:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/06/when-advice-is-not-advice.html
La Stampa, Italy on Ainan:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/06/la-stampa-italy.html
Speed of processing and exams:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/06/speed-of-processing-and-exams.html
The importance of attribution:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/06/importance-of-attribution.html
The tale of a cowboy hat:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/06/tale-of-cowboy-hat.html
Are geniuses ever satisfied?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/06/are-geniuses-ever-satisfied.html
News in the Philippines, in People Tonight:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/06/peoples-tonight-philippine-news.html
Genius and academic success:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/06/genius-and-academic-success.html
The tyranny of tests, UK style:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/06/tyranny-of-tests.html
Encouraging and discouraging creativity:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/06/encouraging-and-discouraging-creativity.html
Fintan's fourth birthday:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/06/birthday-of-singapore-cowboy.html
Tiarnan and the colours of the world:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/06/tiarnan-and-colours-of-world.html
Tiarnan and the meaning of Art:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/06/tiarnan-and-meaning-of-art.html
Starting at NUS High:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/06/starting-at-nus-high.html
Prodigies and their parents:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/06/prodigies-and-their-parents.html
Educational testing and intellectual performance:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/07/educational-testing-and-intellectual.html
Tiarnan's taste in food:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/07/tiarnans-taste-in-food.html
The Universality of intelligence:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/07/universality-of-intelligence.html
The problem with Universities:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/07/problem-with-universities.html
NUS High: Is education appropriate?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/07/nus-high-is-education-appropriate.html
Let children play:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/07/let-children-play.html
Gifted people in Australia:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/07/i-am-unable-to-post-title-on-this-post.html
Is there news of Ainan in Venezuala?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/07/is-there-news-in-venezuala-i-ask.html
Ainan on the origin of life:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/07/origin-of-life.html
Death on the roads, Fintan's view:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/07/death-on-roads-childs-view.html
On haircuts and conformity:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/07/on-haircuts-and-conformity.html
The early signs of an artist:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/07/signs-of-artist.html
NUS High School responds to Ainan's situation:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/07/nus-high-school-responds.html
Volksblad, the South African newspaper, writes of Ainan:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/07/volksblad-south-african-newspaper.html
Ainan counts calories:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/07/ainan-counts-calories.html
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Ainan's and Fintan's reaction:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/07/harry-potter-order-of-phoenix.html
Ainan speaks out on scientific responsibility:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/07/ainan-on-scientific-responsibility.html
Tiarnan tests the temperature, in his own way:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/07/tiarnan-tests-temperature.html
IQ and testosterone in children, the correlations:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/07/iq-and-testosterone-in-children.html
Tiarnan and the natural world:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/07/tiarnan-and-natural-world.html
Fintan on teaching reading:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/07/fintan-on-teaching-reading.html
The country where love is banned:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/07/where-love-is-banned.html
The Open University is closed:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/07/open-university-is-closed.html
Is school food junk food?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/07/is-school-food-junk-food.html
Fintan's school report:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/07/fintans-school-report.html
Genius and long-term relationships:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/07/genius-and-long-term-relationships.html
Does Singapore value diversity?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/08/does-singapore-value-diversity.html
Of bondage and educational servitude:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/08/of-bondage-and-educational-servitude.html
Language school, Singapore, Tiarnan style:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/08/language-school-singapore-tiarnan-style.html
Ainan's recipe for Fish and Chips:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/08/ainans-recipe-for-fish-and-chips.html
Mira Sorvino and scientific fame:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/08/mira-sorvino-and-scientific-fame.html
Teresa Hsu, Singaporean Supercentenarian:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/08/teresa-hsu-singaporean-supercentenarian.html
Of genius, wealth and poverty:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/08/of-genius-wealth-and-poverty.html
Ainan's love of abstruse chemicals:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/08/ainans-love-of-abstruse-chemicals.html
A life of achievement:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/08/life-of-achievement.html
Genetic determination of all giftedness:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/08/genetic-determination-of-all-giftedness.html
Can Britain survive trash culture?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/08/can-britain-survive-trash-culture.html
International Left-handers' Day, August 13:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/08/international-left-handers-day-august.html
School food and allergy management:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/08/school-food-and-allergy-management.html
Social skills in toddlers:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/08/social-skills-in-toddlers.html
Left-handedness and divergent thinking:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/08/left-handedness-and-divergent-thinking.html
Does College make you fat?:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/08/does-college-make-you-fat.html
Children and pet animals:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/08/children-and-pet-animals.html
The infinity of chemical knowledge:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/08/infinity-of-chemical-knowledge.html
The mystery of the disappearing lettuce:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/08/mystery-of-disappearing-lettuce.html
What does early college mean?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/08/what-does-early-college-mean.html
Self-perception of toddler:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/08/self-perception-of-toddler.html
Construction of the Grand Snail Hotel:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/08/construction-of-grand-snail-hotel.html
The gifted and the standardized classroom:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/08/gifted-and-standardized-classroom.html
Does Singapore value copyright?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/08/does-singapore-value-copyright.html
Odex and Pacific Net, Singapore - further comment:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/08/odex-pacific-net-singapore-quote.html
Hafiz Osman, Syahidah's brother, wins the Winston Oh Art Award:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/08/hafiz-osman-wins-art-award.html
The closure of the Intelligent Singaporean, blog aggregator:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/08/intelligent-singaporean-blog-aggregator.html
The true nature of personality:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/08/true-nature-of-personality.html
The quality of memory - incidental knowledge:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/08/quality-of-memory-incidental-knowledge.html
Time Magazine: Are we failing our geniuses?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/08/time-magazine-failing-our-geniuses.html
The fall of snail kingdom:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/08/fall-of-snail-kingdom.html
This is my five hundredth post:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/08/this-is-my-five-hundredth-post.html
Odex, Pacific net and Gamesmart:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/08/odex-pacific-net-and-gamesmart.html
Fintan knows his toys:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/08/fintan-knows-his-toys.html
Tiarnan and the beetle:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/08/tiarnan-and-beetle.html
High five, Tiarnan style:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/09/high-five-tiarnan-style.html
The birth of scepticism:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/09/birth-of-scepticism.html
IQ and the politics of science:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/09/iq-and-politics-of-science.html
Changi Airport, Singapore: Hafiz Osman's flight
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/09/changi-airport-singapore-hafiz-flight.html
Tiarnan shows his athleticism:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/09/tiarnan-shows-his-athleticism.html
It is never too late to live:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/09/it-is-never-too-late-to-live.html
When education becomes abusive:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/09/when-education-becomes-abusive.html
A science prodigy's comedic sense:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/09/science-prodigys-comedic-sense.html
Child Prodigy Schools: an educational trend.
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/09/child-prodigy-schools-educational-trend.html
The pace of education for the gifted:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/09/pace-of-education-for-gifted.html
In homeschooling permission limbo:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/09/in-homeschooling-permission-limbo.html
Tiarnan's emotional response:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/09/tiarnans-emotional-responses.html
SMRT unfair taxi fare:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/09/smrt-unfair-taxi-fare.html
Natural hairstyle and individuality:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/09/natural-hairstyle-and-individuality.html
Was William Shakespeare a writer?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/09/was-william-shakespeare-writer.html
Tiarnan and the public bar:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/09/tiarnan-and-public-bar.html
The amazing Super Moths of Singapore:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/09/amazing-super-moths-of-singapore.html
Seeking a Chemistry lab in Singapore:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/09/seeking-chemistry-lab-in-singapore.html
First anniversary of Prodigy Blog:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/09/first-anniversary-of-prodigy-blog.html
Childhood imagination and acting on the stage:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/09/childhood-imagination-and-acting-on.html
O.J. Simpson: fame and invulnerability:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/09/ojsimpson-fame-and-invulnerability.html
Progress on homeschooling in Singapore:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/09/progress-on-homeschooling-singapore.html
The mysterious genius of Athens:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/09/mysterious-genius-of-athens.html
The study of geography:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/09/study-of-geography.html
The strange vocabulary of Tiarnan Cawley:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/09/strange-vocabulary-of-tiarnan-cawley.html
On accepting the testimony of others:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/09/on-accepting-testimony-of-others.html
Artfriend and customer service in Singapore:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/09/artfriend-and-customer-service-in.html
The value of Science in Singapore:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/09/value-of-science-in-singapore.html
The No Child Left Behind Act: Is Bush One?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/09/no-child-left-behind-act-is-bush-one.html
Kenji Nagai APF videojournalist in Burma:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/09/kenji-nagai-apf-videojournalist-in.html
Listen to the children:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/09/listen-to-children.html
Famous inventors, John Boyd Dunlop:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/09/famous-inventors-john-boyd-dunlop.html
Lost and missing comment posts:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/10/lost-and-missing-comment-posts.html
The brain of Neanderthal Man:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/10/brain-of-neanderthal-man.html
Daddy is on a roll:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/10/daddys-on-roll.html
Akiane Kramarik, a child prodigy artist?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/10/akiane-kramarik-child-prodigy-artist.html
A child's book shelf:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/10/childs-book-shelf.html
Irish roots go deep into history:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/10/irish-roots-go-deep-into-history.html
Computer software and the child:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/10/computer-software-and-child.html
Does anyone think anymore?:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/10/does-anyone-think-anymore.html
The importance of creativity:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/10/importance-of-creativity.html
The best party in the world:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/10/best-party-in-world.html
Doris Lessing, Nobel Prize for Literature:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/10/doris-lessing-nobel-prize-for.html
Hogwarts Castle - J K Rowling sues:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/10/hogwarts-castle-j-k-rowling-sues.html
Gerhard Ertl, Nobel Prize Winner for Chemistry, 2007:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/10/gerhard-ertl-nobel-prize-for-chemistry.html
The origins of the Irish people:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/10/origins-of-irish-people.html
Eternal Child Hunger Pangs:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/10/eternal-child-hunger-pangs.html
Freedom of Speech and the United States:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/10/freedom-of-speech-and-united-states.html
Little Boy, Big Heart:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/10/little-boy-big-heart.html
Youth Olympic Games, 2010, IOC:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/10/youth-olympic-games-2010-ioc.html
Tale of a zebra print:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/10/tale-of-zebra-print.html
International Olympic Committee blog visit:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/10/international-olympic-committee-blog.html
Parenting a gifted child, anxious moments:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/10/parenting-gifted-child-anxious-moments.html
The dangers of mobile phones:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/10/dangers-of-mobile-phones.html
Recent UFO sighting Singapore:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/10/recent-ufo-sighting-in-singapore.html
Singapore Book of World Records:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/10/singapore-book-of-world-records.html
Celebrity sighting on a train:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/10/celebrity-sighting-on-train.html
Chance meeting with a "family friend":
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/10/chance-meeting-with-family-friend.html
Jealousy at NUS High School:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/10/jealousy-at-nus-high-school.html
Does anyone read anymore?:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/10/does-anyone-read-anymore.html
Happy Birthday, Syahidah:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/10/happy-birthday-syahidah.html
The Diamond Hope, VLCC, a Supertanker:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/10/diamond-hope-vlcc-supertanker.html
Happy Halloween, everyone:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/11/happy-halloween-everyone.html
The best students in Singapore:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/11/best-students-in-singapore.html
Lost property in Singapore, Ainan style:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/11/lost-property-in-singapore-ainan-style.html
A successful children's party, the signs:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/11/successful-childs-party-signs.html
The beginnings of sibling rivalry:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/11/beginnings-of-sibling-rivalry.html
A global search for a University:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/11/global-search-for-university.html
Traffic surge from the Netherlands, Austria and Germany:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/11/traffic-surge-from-netherlands-austria.html
Friendship between species: a love of animals:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/11/friendship-between-species-love-of.html
The flipside of reservation in the classroom:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/11/flipside-of-reservation-in-classroom.html
The notationally gifted:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/11/notationally-gifted.html
Noise pollution and modern life:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/11/noise-pollution-and-modern-life.html
How to measure the world:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/11/how-to-measure-world.html
A little shop of horrors:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/12/little-shop-of-horrors.html
On the life of an expat:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/12/on-life-of-expat.html
The 2006 Pisa Survey on OECD education:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/12/2006-pisa-survey-on-oecd-education.html
Does Japan have a future?:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/12/does-japan-have-future.html
Fast food and young children:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/12/fast-food-and-young-children.html
Life purpose for a genius:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/12/life-purpose-for-genius.html
Chimps' maths skills rival humans':
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2007/12/chimps-maths-skills-rival-humans.html
Heath Ledger, film actor, dead at 28, in NYC, some observations:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/01/heath-ledger-actor-dead-in-nyc.html
Is Singapore an uncaring society?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/01/is-singapore-uncaring-society.html
The luck of the half-Irish:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/01/luck-of-half-irish.html
"Child Prodigy Veterinarian", Courtney Oliver, 10:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/02/child-prodigy-veterinarian-courtney.html
Lee Kuan Yew reconsiders population:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/02/lee-kuan-yew-reconsiders-population.html
Chemistry experiments beyond the book:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/02/chemistry-experiments-beyond-book.html
Gong xi fa cai: Happy Chinese New Year!
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/02/gong-xi-fa-cai-happy-chinese-new-year.html
Record Breakers Singapore Edition TV Show:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/02/record-breakers-singapore-tv-show.html
A toddler on working life in Singapore:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/02/toddler-on-working-life-in-singapore.html
The super puzzle solver of Singapore:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/03/super-puzzle-solver-of-singapore.html
Gary Gygax, inventor of Dungeons and Dragons, dies:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/03/gary-gygax-dungeons-and-dragons.html
On sensitivity and toughness:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/03/on-sensitivity-and-toughness.html
August Rush, Child Prodigy Musician:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/03/august-rush-child-prodigy-musician.html
Long term ambition for children:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/03/long-term-ambition-for-children.html
The generosity of Singaporean education:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/03/generosity-of-singaporean-education.html
The David Beckham of Singapore:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/03/david-beckham-of-singapore.html
Interdimensional travel for a toddler:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/03/interdimensional-travel-for-toddler.html
St. Patrick's Day Parade, Singapore:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/03/st-patricks-day-parade-singapore.html
Little Master Mischief:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/03/little-master-mischief.html
Arthur C. Clarke dies:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/03/arthur-c-clarke-dies.html
The failure of the Copernican revolution:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/03/failure-of-copernican-revolution.html
China and Tibet: a conspiracy of silence:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/03/china-and-tibet-conspiracy-of-silence.html
Double standards in Singaporean education:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/03/double-standards-in-singaporean.html
How to move an immovable object:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/03/how-to-move-immovable-object.html
Signs of growing poverty in Singapore:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/03/signs-of-growing-poverty-in-singapore.html
Rapid drop in iq of Thai children.
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/03/rapid-drop-in-iq-of-thai-children.html
Racism at Nebraska Office of the CIO:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/03/racism-at-nebraska-office-of-cio.html
The Singaporean obsession with A grades:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/04/singaporean-obsession-with-grades.html
Charlton Heston on genius and himself:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/04/charlton-heston-on-genius-and-himself.html
On the value of beauty:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/04/on-value-of-beauty.html
Do child prodigies get rich?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/04/do-child-prodigies-get-rich.html
Where every school is a military school:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/04/where-every-school-is-military-school.html
The child who wants to grow up:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/04/child-who-wants-to-grow-up.html
How to get Daddy's attention:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/04/how-to-get-daddys-attention.html
A world without the smell of flowers:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/04/world-without-smell-of-flowers.html
Talent will out:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/04/talent-will-out.html
The best student in class:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/04/best-student-in-class.html
Of curiosity and criminality:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/04/of-curiosity-and-criminality.html
Homeschooling on the rise in Singapore:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/04/homeschooling-on-rise-in-singapore.html
California State Public School system in jeopardy:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/04/california-state-public-school-system.html
Homeschooling in Singapore and the USA: a comparison:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/04/homeschooling-in-singapore-and-usa.html
Signs of a child artist:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/04/signs-of-child-artist.html
What is said and what is done:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/04/what-is-said-and-what-is-done.html
How to live a long time: be a parent:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/04/how-to-live-long-time-be-parent.html
The top 100 living geniuses:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/04/top-100-living-geniuses.html
Was William James Sidis a child prodigy failure?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/04/was-sidis-child-prodigy-failure.html
The beauty of the molecular world:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/04/beauty-of-molecular-world.html
Trading on another's success: Mr. Bean:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/04/trading-on-anothers-success-mr-bean.html
The secret happiness of fatherhood:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/05/secret-happiness-of-fatherhood.html
Albert Hofmann, Chemist, dead at 102:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/05/albert-hofmann-chemist-dead-at-102.html
The lack of entrepreneurs in Singapore:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/05/lack-of-entrepreneurs-in-singapore.html
How to console a little boy:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/05/how-to-console-little-boy.html
The passenger should be in control:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/05/passenger-should-be-in-control.html
Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar: the true danger:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/05/cyclone-nargis-in-myanmar-true-danger.html
Mas Selamat Kastari in the eyes of a child:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/05/mas-selamat-kastari-in-eyes-of-child.html
Socially aware children: interpersonal intelligence.
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/05/socially-aware-child-interpersonal.html
Taking the credit for the goodwill of the world:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/05/taking-credit-for-goodwill-of-world.html
Ainan's Mother's Day Present for Syahidah:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/05/ainans-mothers-day-present-for-syahidah.html
Straits Times.com videocast on Ainan at Singapore Polytechnic:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/05/straits-timescom-videocast-on-ainan.html
My children's reaction to Ainan's news:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/05/my-childrens-reaction-to-ainans-news.html
The size of a toddler:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/05/size-of-toddler.html
The Berita Harian, Singapore Polytechnic News:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/05/berita-harian-singapore-polytechnic.html
I am not a chemist:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/05/i-am-not-chemist.html
Chicken Soup for a Singaporean Soul:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/05/chicken-soup-for-singaporean-soul.html
Strategic thinking about social situations:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/05/strategic-thinking-about-social.html
Doris Lessing on Nobel Prize fame:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/05/doris-lessing-on-nobel-prize-fame.html
Drama at a restaurant:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/05/drama-at-restaurant.html
Thanks to Google Webmasters Discussion group:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/05/thanks-to-google-webmasters-discussion.html
A child prodigy's acceptance by others:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/05/child-prodigys-acceptance-by-others.html
Crime in the UK and in Singapore:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/05/crime-in-uk-and-singapore.html
Equanimity in the face of adversity:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/05/equanimity-in-face-of-adversity.html
A young experimenter's decibel test:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/05/young-experimenters-decibel-test.html
A day in the chemistry lab:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/05/day-in-chemistry-lab.html
What kind of intelligence do you have?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/05/what-kind-of-intelligence-do-you-have.html
Singapore Daily blog aggregator moves:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/06/singapore-daily-blog-aggregator-moves.html
Girls and boys in academia:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/06/of-girls-and-boys-in-academia.html
A chance encounter with an old colleague:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/06/chance-encounter-with-old-colleague.html
Knowledge of national flags:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/06/knowledge-of-national-flags.html
Jeanne Louise Calment - successful aging:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/06/jeanne-louise-calment-successful-aging.html
What kind of country is this?:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/06/what-kind-of-country-is-this.html
Tiarnan's sense of mischief:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/06/tiarnans-sense-of-mischief.html
Is Japan a culture of misery?:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/06/is-japan-culture-of-misery.html
Career ambitions of Vietnamese students:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/06/career-ambitions-of-vietnamese-students.html
No freedom to play:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/06/no-freedom-to-play.html
The language of a natural diplomat:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/06/language-of-natural-diplomat.html
Miss Singapore Universe Beauty pageant: an end?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/06/miss-singapore-universe-beauty-pageant.html
Singapore's stressful education system:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/06/singapores-stressful-education-system.html
The education of a nation:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/06/education-of-nation.html
Father's Day gift from a son:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/06/fathers-day-gift-from-son.html
Terminal cognitive decline and death:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/06/terminal-cognitive-decline-and-death.html
The value of an individual:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/06/value-of-individual.html
The beauty of a car:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/06/beauty-of-car.html
Happy 5th birthday Fintan:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/06/happy-5th-birthday-fintan.html
Plagiarism in the classroom:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/06/plagiarism-in-classroom.html
Memories of childhood: the parents' view:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/06/memories-of-childhood-parents-view.html
Two parties for the birthday boy:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/06/two-parties-for-birthday-boy.html
Education should be free:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/06/education-should-be-free.html
Stereotypes: age and liberalism, conservatism:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/07/stereotypes-age-and-liberalism.html
The Tower of Babel:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/07/tower-of-babel.html
The decline in general knowledge:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/07/decline-in-general-knowledge.html
The value of being gifted:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/07/value-of-being-gifted.html
The amazing disappearing ERP cards:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/07/amazing-disappearing-erp-cards.html
How big is a toddler?:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/07/how-big-is-toddler.html
The best colour in the world:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/07/best-colour-in-world.html
The shame of a nation:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/07/shame-of-nation.html
Teaching a hamster to read:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/07/teaching-hamster-to-read.html
What makes a favourite teacher?:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/07/what-makes-favourite-teacher.html
The perils of a room-mate:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/07/perils-of-room-mate.html
Hollywood from a child's perspective:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/07/hollywood-from-childs-perspective.html
Lee Kuan Yew's view on Singaporean education:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/07/lee-kuan-yews-view-on-singaporean.html
Where are all the world class writers?:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/07/where-are-all-world-class-writers.html
How to get to the Olympics, Singaporean-style:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/07/how-to-get-to-olympics-singapore-style.html
The most important cargo in the world:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/07/most-important-cargo-in-world.html
A new meaning of pet food:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/07/new-meaning-of-pet-food.html
The dangers of a kiasu mentality:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/07/dangers-of-kiasu-mentality.html
No signs of sibling rivalry here:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/07/no-signs-of-sibling-rivalry-here.html
Schools that forget their pupils' needs:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/07/schools-that-forget-their-pupils-needs.html
Not every change is a success:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/07/not-every-change-is-success.html
The best student writer I have seen:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/07/best-student-writer-i-have-seen.html
How not to secure a publisher:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/07/how-not-to-secure-publisher.html
Unexpected entrepreneurialism in the young:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/07/unexpected-entrepreneurialism-in-young.html
The retro kid hippy:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/07/retro-kid-hippy.html
The wistfulness of an expat:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/08/wistfulness-of-expat.html
Philosophy and the art of categorization:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/08/philosophy-and-art-of-categorization.html
On learning to be grateful:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/08/on-learning-to-be-grateful.html
A toddler and a baby:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/08/toddler-and-baby.html
Singapore Parenting Congress 2008:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/08/singapore-parenting-congress-2008.html
The true nature of Singapore's bilingualism:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/08/true-nature-of-singapores-bilingualism.html
The importance of telling the truth:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/08/importance-of-telling-truth.html
Back to school: Ainan's welcome:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/08/back-to-school-ainans-welcome.html
Where has fatherhood gone?:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/08/where-has-fatherhood-gone.html
Genghis Can - copywriting, editing and proofreading agency:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/08/genghis-can-copywriting-editing-and.html
On silence and self-expression:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/08/on-silence-and-self-expression.html
Superhuman Genius Documentary, ITV1 and ITV2:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/08/superhuman-genius-documentary-itv1-and.html
On maternity and paternity leave:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/08/on-maternity-and-paternity-leave.html
Time to investigate the IOC:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/08/time-to-investigate-ioc.html
How not to investigate a scandal:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/08/how-not-to-investigate-scandal.html
Over 100,000 hits since this blog started:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/08/over-100000-hits-since-this-blog.html
The effect of chocolate on the young:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/08/effect-of-chocolate-on-young.html
Is Made in China any good?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/08/is-made-in-china-any-good.html
Wall-e, Hollywood and environmentalism:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/08/wall-e-hollywood-and-environmentalism.html
Fintan resident fashion expert:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/09/fintan-resident-fashion-expert.html
Bullying in the workplace:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/09/bullying-in-workplace.html
A child's response to Wall-e:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/09/childs-response-to-wall-e.html
Free healthcare for all: a basic human right:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/09/free-healthcare-for-all-basic-human.html
The absurdity of Singaporean taxi drivers:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/09/absurdity-of-singaporean-taxi-drivers.html
Baroness Warnock - unethical ethics expert:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/09/baroness-warnock-unethical-ethics.html
Laziness in today's students:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/09/laziness-in-todays-students.html
Formula One Night Race and social status:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/09/formula-one-night-race-and-social.html
Why are politicians so stupid?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/10/why-are-politicians-so-stupid.html
The philosopher of the wind:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/10/philosopher-of-wind.html
An unkept Singaporean promise:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/10/unkept-singaporean-promise.html
What Heng-Cheong Leong of Myapplemenu doesn't understand:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/10/what-heng-cheong-leong-of-myapplemenu.html
The Irish solution to financial meltdown:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/10/irish-solution-to-financial-meltdown.html
The message and the messenger:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/10/message-and-messenger.html
The world escapes from economic reality:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/10/world-escapes-from-economic-reality.html
The imagination of a child:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/10/imagination-of-child.html
F1 racing cars from the perspective of a child:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/10/f1-racing-cars-from-perspective-of.html
Prisoners' rights to vote in the United States:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/10/prisoners-rights-to-vote-in-united.html
On living a life of significance:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/10/on-living-life-of-significance.html
Space colonization and the survival of Mankind:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/10/space-colonization-and-survival-of.html
A peculiarly American tragedy:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/10/peculiarly-american-tragedy.html
Lee Kuan Yew on Assortative mating:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2008/10/lee-kuan-yew-on-assortative-mating.html
Cambridge University: an awkward truth or two:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/01/dr-robert-lee-kilpatrick-technology.html
The two-legged alarm clock:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/01/two-legged-alarm-clock.html
The future of the Human race:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/01/future-of-human-race.html
Old and childless:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/01/old-and-childless.html
The limits of the world:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/01/limits-of-world.html
Listen to the sound of the flames:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/01/listen-to-sound-of-flames.html
Elizabeth Alexander: Inaugural poet:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/01/elizabeth-alexander-inaugural-poet.html
"Valentine Cawley": Stoned Tales, Stoned Poems:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/01/valentine-cawley-stoned-tales-stoned.html
China's confession of guilt:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/01/chinas-confession-of-guilt.html
Suicides of the rich and famous:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/01/suicides-of-rich-and-famous.html
The consequences of blogging success:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/01/consequences-of-blogging-success.html
The World's Cleverest Child and Me, Channel 4:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/02/worlds-cleverest-child-and-me-channel-4.html
Of memory power and interest:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/02/of-memory-power-and-interest.html
Lord Valentine the Misplaced:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/02/lord-valentine-misplaced.html
Creative students in the classroom:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/02/creative-students-in-classroom.html
The miraculous power of selective memory;
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/02/miraculous-power-of-selective-memory.html
Singaporean schools are destroying our children:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/02/singaporean-schools-are-destroying-our.html
David Hartanto Widjaja: celebrity:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/03/david-hartanto-widjaja-celebrity.html
Is President Obama an ethical man?:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/03/is-president-obama-ethical-man.html
The cause of NTU's suicide habit:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/03/cause-of-ntus-suicide-habit.html
On the verge of a new era:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/03/on-verge-of-new-era.html
Why can't the PAP find talent?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/03/why-cant-pap-find-talent.html
Barack Obama and the video store:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/03/barack-obama-and-video-store.html
End the practise of bonding:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/03/end-practise-of-bonding.html
Dr. Allan Ooi Act:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/03/dr-allan-ooi-act.html
A leader without a sense of morality:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/03/leader-without-sense-of-morality.html
The mysteries of Singlish:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/03/mysteries-of-singlish.html
More buses please:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/03/more-buses-please.html
The way children understand:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/04/way-children-understand.html
Madonna's adoption bid:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/04/madonnas-adoption-bid.html
An unexpected dinosaur:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/04/unexpected-dinosaur.html
A literary mystery:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/04/literary-mystery.html
Bullying by teachers in Singapore:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/04/bullying-by-teachers-in-singapores.html
The Singapore Kindness Movement:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/04/singapore-kindness-movement.html
An elephant for breakfast:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/04/elephant-for-breakfast.html
A mother in the eyes of her child:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/04/mother-in-eyes-of-her-child.html
The Super Secret PAP kindergarten:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/04/super-secret-pap-kindergarten.html
Academic culture shock:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/04/academic-culture-shock.html
Phil Spector, Barack Obama supporter and murderer:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/04/phil-spector-barack-obama-supporter-and.html
The madness of kiasu:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/04/madness-of-kiasu.html
Portrait of the writer in the eyes of others:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/04/portrait-of-writer-in-eyes-of-others.html
The Great Singaporean Expat Exodus:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/04/great-singaporean-expat-exodus.html
How to save money Chinese style:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/04/how-to-save-money-chinese-style.html
Fintan's knowledge of animals:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/04/fintans-knowledge-of-animals.html
The end of Great Britain:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/04/end-of-great-britain.html
An alternative to AWARE's war:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/04/alternative-to-awares-war.html
On having readers:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/04/on-having-readers.html
Tiarnan's way with the cmaera:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/04/tiarnans-way-with-camera.html
Antiviral stockpiles and value systems:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/04/antiviral-stockpiles-and-value-systems.html
People's magazine 100 Most Beautiful People List:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/05/people-magazines-100-most-beautiful.html
Swine flu madness:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/05/swine-flu-madness.html
Wisdom and folly of Great Britain:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/05/wisdom-and-folly-of-great-britain.html
Career ambition of a young man:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/05/career-ambition-of-young-man.html
The child who named Pluto:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/05/child-who-named-pluto.html
Leonardo Da Vinci, the Genius, exhibition at the Science Centre:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/05/da-vinci-genius-exhibition-science.html
The Lost Room - a lost sci fi tv series:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/05/lost-room-lost-sci-fi-tv-series.html
Brown Rice Paradise - or is it?
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/05/brown-rice-paradise-or-is-it.html
Conversations with PRCs:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/05/conversations-with-prcs.html
The mortality and immortality of authors:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/05/mortality-and-immortality-of-authors.html
Too many gifted students in the world:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/05/too-many-gifted-students-in-world.html
Hygiene and public toilets in Singapore:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/05/hygiene-and-public-toilets-in-singapore.html
Perceptiveness in a young child:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/06/perceptiveness-in-young-child.html
David Carradine, "Kung Fu" actor, dead in Bangkok:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/06/david-carradine-kung-fu-actor-dead-in.html
On the acceptance of difference:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/06/on-acceptance-of-difference.html
David Carradine's posthumous fame:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/06/david-carradines-posthumous-fame.html
Copyright infringement in Asia:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/06/copyright-infringement-in-asia.html
The art of learning patience:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/06/art-of-learning-patience.html
Privileges of the old:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/06/privileges-of-old.html
Happy Father's Day, 2009:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/06/happy-fathers-day-2009.html
Fintan turns down Superhero opportunity:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/06/fintan-turns-down-superhero-opportunity.html
Who owns a blog?:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/06/who-owns-blog.html
A child's curiosity about the world:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/07/childs-curiosity-about-world.html
IMDb: the Internet Movie database:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/07/imdb-internet-movie-database.html
Computer programming by a child:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/07/computer-programming-by-child.html
He is not one of us:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/07/not-one-of-us.html
Where is The Knowledge in a "Knowledge economy":
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/07/where-is-knowledge-in-knowledge-economy.html
Differential support of the gifted:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/07/differential-support-of-gifted.html
I can't stop loving you:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/07/i-cant-stop-loving-you.html
On personal experience and scientific study:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/07/on-personal-experience-and-scientific.html
Brotherly love vs. Harry Potter:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/07/brotherly-love-vs-harry-potter.html
Where news is no news:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/07/where-news-is-no-news.html
The New Paper and the order of events:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/08/new-paper-and-order-of-events.html
IMDb and Macaulay Culkin:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/08/imdb-and-macaulay-culkin.html
Mika - the boy who knew too much:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/08/mika-boy-who-knew-too-much.html
Sacha Baron Cohen and the lost accent:
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/08/sacha-baron-cohen-and-lost-accent.html
http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/09/singapores-richest-top-40-comment.html
IMDB is the Internet Movie Database for film and tv professionals. If you would like to look at my IMDb listing for which another fifteen credits are to be uploaded, (which may take several months to be accepted) please go to: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3438598/ As I write, the listing is new and brief - however, by the time you read this it might have a dozen or a score of credits...so please do take a look. My son, Ainan Celeste Cawley, also has an IMDb listing. His is found at: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3305973/ My wife, Syahidah Osman Cawley, has a listing as well. Hers is found at: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3463926/
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28 Comments:
You sound like a caring and thoughtful man. I'm glad your sons, prodigy or otherwise, have a decent father such as yourself.
Of course, I think that your background can help you understand them better. But I know from anecdotal and personal experience that it is the character of the father more than his brilliance that will help the child.
My father told me that one of the heads of the Neurological department at John Hopkins, was an African American that grew up in Harlem. His mother made certain that he learned to work hard and apply himself in his studies.
His mother was also illiterate.
While I've never confirmed this anecdote, it has the "ring of truth" as far as I am concerned.
I do not mean to minimize your accomplishments. However, I think that for all your gifts, your decency stands out. I suspect your children would agree.
-ron
I am touched by your comment Ron.
Yes, I would agree that the character of the parents is very important, too: for that determines how warm, welcoming, and supportive is the home culture. (Or not, as the case may be).
I am glad to have read your words.
Best wishes to you
Thank you so much for writing this blog. It has been an insightful read and strikes into the heart of the matter, especially your posts on teachers and how society seems to band together against anyone with a shred of brainpower. I see the latter exhibited everyday at my high school. Sadly enough, I believe I have been one of those gifted people who have withdrawn after being confronted by a teacher for not being a good student while getting some of the best grades in the class (coincidentally in Singapore as well; I have since moved to the US).
I am commenting to thank you for your hard work. It has been an enlightening experience.
Thanks Lida for your comment. I am glad to know that you find my words of help.
Yes, societies in general are very wrong about their treatment of the intelligent. It is a great pity and does immeasurable damage to the gifted themselves - and to society as a whole.
Best wishes in the US
I found your blog while researching for a cause/effect research paper on the topic of why smart kids are teased by other children, yet are more encouraged by/as adults, and I love what you've written! I remember very well when I was in grade school I was teased a lot, probably for being smart and different in many ways. It probably would have grown a lot worse by junior high if my parents hadn't pulled me and my brothers out of school and started homeschooling us.
To be honest, I'm so glad I was homeschooled. Being above average in intelligence, I was able to learn at my own rate without being criticized or put down for being a smartie. That helped me slowly become my own person and befriend others like me. Now, I'm attending a high school with other smart kids where I'm also free to be myself. I mean, having only 360 kids in the student body, almost all, if not all of whom are above average intelligence and have our own little quirks, is truly a great thing.
I wish the best for you and your family. I hope Ainan is able to put his great, rare skills to good use now and in the future. Like you've said in many of your posts, he's one in a thousand; I hope he lives up to his full potential. :)
Thank you AJ for your comment. I am glad that you have found a likeness to your own experience here (although, in a way, I wish it wasn't so!). I hope you draw support from it.
It is good that you are now in a more welcoming and supportive environment: that is very important for a gifted person to find (many don't, sadly).
Your warm wishes regards Ainan are appreciated. (However, prodigy is much rarer than one in a thousand...!)
Good luck with your research paper.
Best wishes
You're welcome. :)
Also, I have one question to ask: May I use your blog as a source in my paper? There are several blog posts you have written that I would like to paraphrase or quote in it. If I can, it would be appreciated. :)
Dear AJ,
You may quote from the blog as long as you state that Valentine Cawley is the author of the quotation and attribute the source, as well, to my blog name and URL. I prefer not to be paraphrased in case you have misunderstood/misconstrued me.
What is the paper for? Could you mail me a copy when you have completed it? I would be interested in reading it.
Thanks.
I found your blogs fascinating! I was wondering if you have thought about somehow enrolling your oldest son in some advanced classes that would be more stimulating and maybe meet more of his intellectual needs?
Thanks. I am glad you enjoy my blog.
Getting suitable provision for Ainan is an ongoing battle: institutions can be very resistant to an unusual case like this. That being said, he is doing laboratory chemistry courses at Singapore Polytechnic, which he finds valuable.
Happy reading.
your blog is amazing. it is especiallu interesting to read some of the post and think back on my own childhood. this info is especially illuminating in the face of the profound neglect of genius is low income, and minority environments. alot of time the genius is funneled into the wrong things or the parents just cant seem to understand them. i think you should write a book because from my own experience, its very painful to feel that you are gifted and not have people understand that you are just different.
Thank you for your kind comment.
Yes, the experience of giftedness can be a painful one, no matter what your background - but especially painful if that background is poor or uneducated.
You are probably right that a book would be of help to many people...we will see.
Kind regard
Hi there, i think the problem is that the educational institutions in Singapore just can't cope with anything other than rote taught automatons. We hope the situation with regards to education improves here soon and begins to resemble that in the first world countries.
Then there will be space for gifted children.
The present situation is a pity. You see there IS a space for gifted children in this world. It is called "Australia", "The United States", "Canada", etc. That is where Singaporean gifted kids are going...they are leaving Singapore because Singapore doesn't give a damn about them. (The Gifted Education Programme is an utter joke...as our experience with them shows.) When gifted children can't get their needs met, here, not infrequently, they move elsewhere. We know of a gifted young mathematician who has gone to the US because Singapore was being obstructive.
Singapore is not doing the right thing, by gifted children.
Thanks for your comment.
Hi
I watched the TV programme about the world's cleverest children on UK television with interest tonight. My one reservation with gifted youngsters is they often seem to be loners with no real life but I noticed Ainan playing with his classmates which is encouraging and so important in my humble opinion, which is why I don't always agree with home schooling as their is that loss of interaction with your peers and a danger that the child may grow to be lacking somewhat in social situations. I also worry they may burn out early and become rebellious, wasting their talent in later life.
What you are trying to do is wonderful as many fathers nowadays are not much more than sperm donors.
Off topic I know but if I may so say so your son is quite beautiful.
Best Wishes
Phil
Thank you Phil for your kind words.
It is good to get a reaction from a viewer of The World's Cleverest Child and Me. I haven't seen it but I am glad that it was balanced enough to show Ainan at play with his many friends. He is a popular child, despite his special gifts. I am aware that in some countries (most?) he would be shunned for those very same attributes. Luckily, that is not so, at present, here.
You are right in thinking most gifted children to be lonely: they are. Ainan has so far avoided that fate.
Not all homeschooled kids are without friends, it just depends on how you arrange their social lives.
Thank you for remark re. his appearance: people who have met him, do remark on that. I think he is lucky to have beauty as well as intelligence - it probably makes more socially acceptable than he otherwise would be.
Best wishes to you in the UK.
Ah, I always find much comfort within this blog. I was not a child prodigy, I am only a polymathic teenager... However there is so much to be seen in your family which I can relate with to such a degree that I not only feel understood, but also share your parental joys and surprises while fondly remebering how I would have acted at so young an age.
It makes me happy to learn that you find nourishment in my words. It is good, indeed, to find others, in this world, who share, to some degree, one's intellectual experiences...otherwise it can be a rather isolating factor.
Best wishes to you on your polymathic ways!
Hi, whoever you folks are.
I envy your kids. I was a geper in the Land of No Chewing Gum.
I started coding in C++ at 11. I was told to concentrate on my studies and to stop doing things that would not get me anywhere. I regret not quitting school.
At the ripe age of 21, I am still stuck in law school and impoverished beyond belief.
I'm glad that you're supportive of your kids and not dumbing them down, and wish more parents in this country would be like that.
I am sorry to hear of your experience. You should follow what you most wish to do, whether or not you are supported in it - if at all possible.
Thank you for your kind words and I wish you well.
Hello Valentine,
I used to post under "Carina" but had problems with the Google Account. I then used my middle name to post here (Maria). I now made another account and hope it works.
Reading your guide, I started to wonder whether Ainan ever uses the internet. Does he research and look for information there?
Do you think that children like him will ever be interested in social networks such as Facebook for example?
Kind regards,
Carina
Hi Carina (Maria),
Yes. Ainan uses the internet a LOT...but he does NOT use social networks. There is, however, someone impersonating him, on the internet. We reported it to the police - but, as usual, Singapore's police did nothing (they never do, it seems).
So, don't bother with the Ainan impersonator online...he is not real.
Thank you for asking.
Kind regards
Valentine
Hi Valentine,
thank you for your response.
I don't anticipate any problems with this account so you'll be able to recognise me easily. :)
Thank you for the information regarding "Ainan's" (non-existent) Facebook profile. One can quite easily guess that this is not Ainan's real profile since he is probably not married to Albert Fiana and doesn't have a daughter named Emily Thanatos either. I'm sure that his early development doesn't reach that far...
This is the "About me" information that this person posted about Ainan:
"My full name is Ainan Celeste Cawley. Or... Full version :
Prof. Ainan Cawley Ph.D (LOL)
Exact freaker from age 6, a lecture, and a child. Love detective story, sudoku, and puzzle.
i'm just ordinary people in complicated universe."
"Mathematics is God language, and physics is apart of life."
If you report the profile to Facebook and tell them that it's not Ainan's, they might delete the profile or at least ask the person to change the displayed name.
Kind regards,
Carina
How irritating that Ainan's impersonator should be an illiterate. Anyone who is fooled by this foolish person can only have Ainan diminished in their eyes.
We will contact Facebook. Thank you.
Kind regards
You're very welcome. I agree with you. It's very irritating.
Talking about Facebook, there are LOTS of account named Ainan Celeste Cawley (some are misspelled, however).
Not only Ainan; there is also a group named 'Fintan Cawley Child Hero' and the 'About Me' section says:
A story sent to me by Fintan's mummy:
Fintan Cawley, Child Hero
How young can a hero be? What is heroism? Where does it come from?
From watching my child, Fintan Nadym Cawley, twenty, I would say that a toddler or a baby can be a hero. If the child is able to understand the idea of danger and is able to make a decision to face that danger in order to help another, at personal risk to themselves, then that child is a hero.
Fintan Nadym Cawley is a hero. He is only twenty years old, but he has the characteristics that make up a hero. I have often noted his courage in his daily play, in the situations he gets into, and the way he reacts to them. He is not afraid. He is not tearful. Indeed, in some situations in which other children would be crying, he is laughing, as if thrilled to be facing the challenge and enjoying doing so.
Today I will give one sweet example. His elder brother, Ainan Celeste Cawley, twenty two, had been walking down the road near his grandmother's house, when, suddenly, and without any forewarning, a dog leapt forward from a house with an open gate - and started barking aggressively at him. Ainan was startled and frightened, for the dog was large, the bark was loud and ferocious - and the gate was open. He ran away as fast as he could, bursting into tears at the shock as he did so. The dog did not make chase beyond the territory of his house grounds, however - though how was Ainan to know that he wouldn't? He thought he was about to be savaged by a dog let free.
Ainan Celeste Cawley's reaction is understandable. Any child faced with sudden personal danger and fright of that kind, from an animal larger than themselves, would cry. Fintan Nadym Cawley's reaction however, was of a very different kind.
"What happened Abang?" he asked concernedly. Abang means "older brother".
Ainan explained about the dog's sudden seeming attack.
Fintan was at once emboldened - and outraged. "Where? Where is it?", he demanded, his head turning and already looking around for something that he wanted. "I will kill it with my stroller!", he vowed, his stocky body filled with resolution and certainty of will.
"No Fintan!" we cried as one and moved forward to restrain him. For Fintan Nadym Cawley, would, undoubtedly, have taken his stroller and proceeded along the road to challenge the dog - and punish it for what it had done to his beloved Abang, Ainan Celeste Cawley.
We were touched, by this display of brotherly love - and bravery.
Where was Fintan's fear? Why was he unafraid to challenge a dog that was many times his weight and bulk, all teeth and bark? In Fintan the affront he felt that his beloved brother should be so upset, so endangered, denied the possibility of fear: it simply did not well up in him, as it would in others. All he was concerned about was the need to protect his brother - and right this wrong.
Ainan Celeste Cawley, is a scientific child prodigy - but his younger brother Fintan Nadym Cawley is a hero - and I don't think either is more special than the other. Both characteristics define them as special, in differing, but equally important ways. One is a gift of the mind, the other a gift of character. Depending on the demands of a situation one becomes more important than another, but, in absolute terms, neither is supreme: both are valuable qualities in a man, for one day, both will be men: one a genius, the other a hero. I am happy with that.
By Mummy Cawley
Dear Virginia,
Thanks for the pointer. I have just done a search for "Ainan Cawley" on Facebook and I am shocked to note the plethora of fake accounts. Ainan does NOT have a Facebook account. It seems there are many people trading on his name to build themselves social lives online...fake social lives built on a false premise. It is quite disturbing. I wonder what they say to people? Do they really fool people? Are they damaging Ainan's reputation by being less than he is?
The Fintan Cawley site is funny...because it was put up by University friends of ANOTHER Fintan Cawley - a 22 year old University student, as a send up, of him. So, that one, I don't mind. They have lifted a story off my site and adapted it to his life. It is meant as a fond jest.
Thanks for letting me know of the Facebook situation...I am going to have to contact them.
This comment is for the person from the Colleges of the Fenway, Boston Massachusetts, who wrote a rather offensive post last night.
Firstly, I find you rather deluded in thinking that I have received many comments like yours. In fact, yours is the only comment of its ilk that I have received. You seem rather egotistical to assume that many others think as you do. They don't.
I note you searched for the life story of Gauss - yet you express antipathy to a living prodigy. Thus you hold both interest in finding out about a prodigy, but ill feelings towards the idea of one too. Perhaps you could seek therapy for your inner conflict.
Given your evident dislike of prodigy, I am led to wonder whether your college is a sanctuary for mediocrity...since in my experience, only mediocrities hold views such as yours.
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