The boy who knew too much: a child prodigy: Interviewed on Channel News Asia

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 +

Tuesday, March 06, 2007

Interviewed on Channel News Asia

Last week, I was interviewed by Channel News Asia, regarding developments in private education in Singapore.

The interview was not long - about two minutes - and would, no doubt, have been edited. I didn't catch the interview, but I am told it went out over the weekend.

Channel News Asia is the Singaporean government TV news arm of Mediacorp - the Singapore government broadcaster. All broadcasters in Singapore are state owned. The Channel has a "footprint" of twenty countries in South East and North East Asia as well as the Middle East. Thus, audiences in those countries will be just a little more familiar with me this week, than last.

Perhaps that explains the stares I got on the bus yesterday. It seems that people actually watch the news around here!

Labels: Channel News Asia, Education, Singapore, Singaporean Education, TV, TV show, Valentine, Valentine Cawley

posted by Valentine Cawley @ 6:43 AM

The boy who knew too much: a child prodigy

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Name: Valentine Cawley

Location: Singapore

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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The boy who knew too much: a child prodigy

Tuesday, March 06, 2007

Interviewed on Channel News Asia

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