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The boy who knew too much: a child prodigy

This is the true story of scientific child prodigy, and former baby genius, Ainan Celeste Cawley, written by his father. It is the true story, too, of his gifted brothers and of all the Cawley family. I write also of child prodigy and genius in general: what it is, and how it is so often neglected in the modern world. As a society, we so often fail those we should most hope to see succeed: our gifted children and the gifted adults they become. Site Copyright: Valentine Cawley, 2006 +

Friday, March 23, 2007

Front page news, Singapore

Ainan, 7, is front page news today in Singapore. It is quite surreal to see our faces peering from the front cover of the leading dailies in Singapore.

Today, Ainan and parents are on the front cover of the Straits Times, the leading English daily, and the front cover of Berita Harian, the leading Malay daily. Yesterday, Ainan appeared in Shin Min, a leading Chinese evening daily paper. I was also heard on the radio, 95.8 FM, a Chinese channel discussing Ainan.

I wonder how people here are going to react. More later.

Labels: Ainan, Berita Harian, Chemistry, child prodigy, media, newspapers, Shin Min, Singapore, Singaporean media, The Straits Times

posted by Valentine Cawley @ 7:20 AM

4 Comments:

Anonymous said...: Wow!

Well, I tried the Straits Times, but would have to pay to see the entire article.

And I could see the entire article in the Berita Harian, but I don't read Malay.

Any chance of citing the full text of the articles on your blog?

Pam

P.S. Does this mean that he will get an appropriate placement? And find a mentor?

Best wishes!!!; 9:56 AM
Valentine Cawley said...: Dear Pam

I think that the articles will help Ainan a lot. I think an appropriate placement is now almost a duty of the system and a mentor won't be long in the coming. It is a breakthrough, of a kind.

Thanks for all your supportive words over the past few weeks. They are much appreciated.

Kind regards; 10:28 AM
Anonymous said...: U should be a proud parent of your genius kids....Well done. I wish 1 day I should have a kids like you do...

Well Done!!!
Z; 2:36 PM
Valentine Cawley said...: Thanks for your kind comment. I wish you well on your future kids, too: there is nothing better, really, than being a parent for showing you the meaning of life.

Best wishes; 3:05 PM

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Name: Valentine Cawley

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As a child, I had many gifts...perhaps too many - and this leads to the characteristic problem many gifted children face: what to do, when there is so much you COULD do. I resolved the issue by doing each of them serially throughout my life. I had gifts in science, writing, art, music, acting and academia...and so my life has demonstrated each of these, at some time. However, in the modern world, those who specialize, and focus all their efforts on one thing, tend to win through. In the light of this I have written two books, which are being prepared for publication. I was a child in a time when being gifted was not something people spoke about: it was not a widely recognized situation - at least not in my background. Nothing special was done therefore, to help. It is my wish that all in that position, these days, receive the support that is needed, to become the best they can be. I have been an actor, a writer of two books, a government physicist, at age 17, the founding editor of an Arts magazine, at 22, and a performance artist whose work was covered by CNN (interviewer: Richard Blystone) and Reuters. However, my greatest achievement is to have fathered three sons.

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