The boy who knew too much: a child prodigy: Raffles Institution offer to help

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 +

Thursday, April 12, 2007

Raffles Institution offer to help

Very good news: Raffles Institution, after debating among themselves, have offered to help Ainan. We couldn't be more pleased.

They have indicated that two decisions have been made: one is to find Ainan a mentor; the other is to see how they can accommodate Ainan in a lab. They have even demonstrated a willingness to make whatever "adjustments to his workspace" that would be necessary to allow him to work in safety, in the lab environment.

There are just some final details to sort out, relating mainly to timings - but it seems that, at very long last, Ainan will be able to begin to learn the practical aspects of his chosen science: Chemistry.

Our thanks to Raffles Institution for their open-ness and generosity in making their facilities available to Ainan.

Labels: Ainan, Chemistry, child prodigy, Laboratory, Raffles Institution

posted by Valentine Cawley @ 8:52 AM

2 Comments:

Anonymous said...: Awesome! :D Ill be very interested to know how it goes. :)

- Kathy; 11:47 PM
Valentine Cawley said...: Thank you for your well wishes. I will keep you posted.

Kind regards; 5:26 PM

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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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