The challenges that gifted people face

One of my articles: "The challenges that gifted people face", has been published, today, in The Star, Malaysia's largest circulation English daily newspaper, (at 1.286 million readers during the week and 1.175 million readers on Sunday).

Please find the link here: http://thestar.com.my/education/story.asp?file=/2012/9/2/education/11921793&sec=education

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Is it better to be ordinary, than a genius?

Recently, someone from Concordia University, in Quebec, Montreal arrived on my blog with the search terms: “being ordinary is better than being a genius.” Are they right?

To be a genius is, necessarily, to be apart from others: their nature separates them from the mass, in ways which are unbridgeable. Yet, is this so bad?

The searcher seems to believe that it is better to be an ordinary person, unvisited by great talents. Now, from the point of view of “fitting in” this is quite clearly so. An ordinary person finds no difficulty in fitting into the mass around them. They are naturally accepted, for their evident commonalities. Their thoughts do not betray them as different. Their chosen actions are readily comprehended. Nothing that they do or are, is surprising to the general mass of people. I suppose this ready acceptance is what the searcher was thinking of. It should, therefore, be easier to be “happy” as an ordinary person, than to be “happy” as a genius. Yet is this meaningful?

A genius is, by definition, alone. They are innately singular in that their gifts distinguish them from all others. Some, therefore, might become lonely. Most however would find enough reward in their creative work, not to be overly concerned about a reasonable measure of personal isolation. Many geniuses in history were quite isolated. Yet, they lived fulfilling lives. In general, they received a great sense of achievement from their work, which, I suggest, to a great degree would have compensated for any relative lack in other areas.

Then again, even the greatest genius, usually finds enough adequate friends – adequate in the sense of sufficiently intelligent to be interesting to them – even if only by correspondence, to sustain them, socially. They may be relatively isolated, but they are usually not entirely so. The personal contact they have is enough to sustain them. After all the attention they give to their creative work, moderates their need for companionship, in direct proportion to their efforts. The more they work, the less need they have for others. Indeed, in those compelled to work creatively, the presence of others can seem, at times, to be an unwelcome distraction.

In a way, a genius can be more happy than an ordinary person. The reason is simple: a genius can find happiness in creative work, that an ordinary person could not even begin to do. Thus, the genius is not really deprived in the happiness department for they have access to sources of contentment not open to the common man. Thus, it can be seen that the genius is, in fact, luckier than the ordinary person in many ways. The genius can do what the ordinary man cannot and find pleasure in what the ordinary man cannot understand- but the genius can also do all the things that the ordinary man can do and find pleasure in all those things too.

So, the life of a typical genius might be “quieter” and more “isolated” than that of a typical ordinary person – but it is also richer, deeper and ultimately more satisfying.

So, my searcher was wrong in his or her supposition. It is most definitely better to be a genius, than an ordinary person.

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On living up to expectations.

Many a time, I have read that so and so a gifted person, hasn’t met with expectations. There is the assumption that having been gifted as a child, they should then continue to “perform” as an adult. Now, of course, many gifted children DO continue to “perform” as adults. They become noted scientists, artists, CEOs, doctors and lawyers – and, indeed, any number of things. However, some lead less obvious lives. It is these that I wish to address.

The primary problem with this observation – that some gifted people don’t seem to “shine” as adults, is that it is a flawed one. It is based on the premise that a gifted person should do what others expect them to. This, however, overlooks one important factor: what does the gifted person WANT to do?

Some want quiet lives, built around a family, with no need to “shake the corridors of power” or strut their stuff in the wider world. Their world is family. Their “success” is in being a good parent. That is what they seek and that is what they find. Now, who is to say that this kind of life is any less meaningful than the obvious lives that everyone expects of the gifted? Indeed, in some ways, a life of family can be more meaningful than any career one cares to speak of. They are to be commended, perhaps even admired, for the love that they have in their lives.

Then again, there is another type of gifted person, who does not “shine” as one might expect. This is the gifted person who chooses not to live a life of sacrifice in pursuit of some great goal, but, instead, chooses to live an indulgent life of pleasure and personal fulfillment. These are people who do what is fun, what is enjoyable and not what society might wish them to. They live for their personal pleasure and not for the enlightenment of the wider world. For them, their greatest pleasures are not in creative pursuit, but more directly sensual ones – their lives are those of “wine, women and song”, quite often, though there may be other ways of living an enjoyable life, too, that they pursue. The point here, is not what particular life they lead, but that it is directed towards what is pleasurable and not what society may regard as most useful, or important.

Now, again, I must note that it is not for society to dictate the values of its gifted people: some will choose family, others will choose pleasure. Relatively few will choose to live a creative life, even among the gifted. You may ask why this is so. Well, the answer is quite obvious, if one pauses to consider what a creative life is like. Firstly, most creative endeavours and individual efforts are not well rewarded, as one of my brothers once opined of my first book: “You would make more money working in McDonald’s”. Perhaps he was right – after all, I have yet to publish it and it took five and a half years of work. Secondly, a creative life involves the sacrifice of all the other types of life that one could choose to lead. It involves giving up so many other choices – choices which, materially speaking, may lead to much easier, more immediately enjoyable lives. To put it bluntly, in the modern world, many creative people are poor – even if they eventually acquire a reputation and respect, the material rewards can be very slow in coming and, when they do come, they most probably do not match the rewards that could have been obtained more easily and predictably doing something else. Thirdly, a creative life usually involves quite a lot of solitude – and that isn’t for everybody. It is far easier to choose a life of partying and socializing…but much harder to choose the life of someone sitting quietly in a room, on their own, with their thoughts. Such a life is only for the select few – indeed, only those who really enjoy solitude would naturally make such a choice. For those who like to be with others, but also like to create, it is hard, indeed, to give up their social whirl, for the solitude of a garret.

Thus, we should not be surprised that some gifted children, do not choose to perform in the way society expects, as adults. There are far easier paths than that of fulfilling society’s expectations, in this respect. There are also, far more immediately rewarding lives to choose, than the ones conventionally expected of the gifted.

In a way, it is strange that society expects all of its gifted people to contribute creatively to the world – for, ask yourself this: how many ordinary people would voluntarily choose a life of solitude and financial restraint, over a life of socializing and personal wealth? Not many, I would think.

Perhaps more gifted people would choose to be adult creators, if it were a more attractive proposition: less solitude, more rewards. The only problem with this, of course, is that the solitude part is non-negotiable if one is to really have the time to create. As for the rest…society should certainly think about supporting its creative people better. The world would have far more poets and artists, if they could afford to make a living at their art. As it is, many potentially creative people, make a pragmatic decision to do something more lucrative – and have a “good life” instead. Is that choice so difficult to understand?

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How some view the Gifted.

I stumbled upon a cartoon today that spoke, deeply, to me of how some people view the gifted.

The cartoon is a "Frank and Ernest" piece by Thaves. It features three Stone Age men. One of them is drawing what look like hieroglyphs on a slab of stone. The other two, clubs in hand, are watching him, mouths open.

The one at work on the stone turns to the others and says: "Look! I have just invented writing!"

One of the others replies rather sullenly: "Thanks a lot!...You just made everybody else in the world illiterate!"

I found this cartoon profound in its implications for how the gifted are often viewed.

In many cultures and nations of the world, the gifted are not welcomed, as one might hope. They are misunderstood, neglected, overlooked or even shunned. The motivations for doing this are various but, with the genius of great comedy, this cartoon has pinpointed one attitude, which underlies much of this response to giftedness. Instead of welcoming the creator of writing for the wonders it would do for humanity, they bemoan how bad, in comparison, it makes everyone else look. The same applies to the way the gifted are often treated.

A gifted person is someone who has the potential to make a significant contribution, in some way, in some field, for the greater good of all. Instead of seeing this, however, many people look on a gifted person and see only one thing: how bad it makes them look by comparison. This is a truly ungiving attitude that undermines the whole of society. In viewing gifted people in this way, such people tend to do what they can to oppose the gifted person, to stand in their way, or bring them down. Ultimately, they can reduce the chances of the gifted person ever reaching their potential. This is not theoretical speculation, for opposition to the gifted has happened, as far as I am aware, in all eras and in all nations, to some degree.

On seeing someone invent writing, the proper reaction is jubilation and congratulation. The proper reaction is to celebrate the advancement of mankind - and to do whatever one can to enable this step forward to succeed. So it is with the gifted. The proper reaction is to do whatever one can to ensure that the gifted person lives up to their promise. The proper reaction is to help them in whatever way one can.

That cartoon was written as a joke. Yet, how true it is, of the real world. I am left to wonder: how much better would the world be, if the reaction I advise, were predominant - rather than the reaction that the cartoon makes fun of? I rather think we would be living in a better world for all - and not just for the gifted. For a world in which the gifted flourish, is a world that is better for every human being. For there is one thing a gifted person will do, if permitted to flourish: make the world better, at least in some little way, by their contribution. Now, isn't that to the benefit of all?

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The history of child prodigies in South-East Asia

The history of child prodigies in South-East Asia can be summed up in one word: neglect.

My attention has been brought to this matter by an article I encountered on the net (which I didn't bookmark, sadly), that spoke of five South-East Asian child prodigies who have occurred over the last thirty years. The writer remarked that all of them have one thing in common: the educational authorities did nothing to help them.

Now, commentators from other parts of the world, such as America, seem to think that a prodigious child would automatically receive educational assistance and they doubt that a child is prodigious if such assistance has not been given. This is a really wrong-headed view of things. The fact is that in many parts of the world, prodigious and other gifted children are ignored. Their needs are simply not met. So it is, here in South-East Asia.

In each of the examples given the only people attempting to support the educational needs of the children were the parents. The educational authorities, in all cases, stood idly by and did nothing, time and time again, for over thirty years.

Now, it is difficult for most parents to juggle work and the need to homeschool their children, because no-one else is willing to school them - and so it proved in all of these five cases. The parents found it very difficult to meet their child's needs, unsupported and alone.

Why is this? Why do so many countries ignore the special needs of their most gifted children? Imagine it another way. Imagine if the educational needs of ordinary children were not met. Imagine if the educational authorities said to the parents of ordinary children everywhere: "You will have to school your children yourself, we will make no provision for ordinary children."

You would be stunned if an educational system took that stance - yet that is precisely the stance taken by many educational systems, in many countries, with regards to gifted and prodigious children. No provision is made. No attempt to make provision is made. The gifted and prodigious children are ignored and neglected. The educational authorities simply wait for the "problem" to go away.

Sadly, they don't see that this "problem" is in fact an opportunity. It is a chance to groom someone who might truly shine and do something special. Many of them, however, are not given the chance to grow as they should. They do not blossom as they might. They are stunted due to lack of provision, lack of opportunity and lack of an appropriate education.

I am left to wonder, by all of this, why educational systems don't learn from the few prodigious children that appear in their midst. They never seem to acquire any experience from one case, to better prepare for any other that might appear. No accommodation is made for the first case - and no accommodation is made for any other that appears either. It is puzzling. The real costs of making a few exceptions and catering to a few unusual children is really quite small. Any but the most impoverished of countries could cope with it. Yet, they don't. They just ignore it. The parents are left to find a way for themselves and their gifted children.

The funny thing is, that the neglectful societies in which these gifted or prodigious children grow up expect to benefit from these children when they become gifted adults. It never seems to occur to them that the gifted adults that they become might choose to turn their back on the societies that neglected them in youth, and take their gifts elsewhere. Any gifted child who is neglected by the society of their birth should most definitely not stay around to benefit that society in the future. For if the societies see that they get the benefit of such gifted people, without having to do anything to nurture them, then they will continue not to nurture them. Why would they do otherwise, if they can benefit from their neglect? Only societies which nurture their gifted youth, should benefit from that giftedness. Perhaps, then, societies would learn to make the connection between the support they give the gifted in childhood, with the benefits they receive later from their adult gifted performance.

Once that connection is made and understood, perhaps we can expect to see more support for gifted children, when they are children and need such support. Until then, we can expect to see more cases of neglect - like the thirty year history of unsupportiveness unearthed by the writer I stumbled upon.

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A life of achievement

I live far across the world from where I used to. A couple of days ago, I spoke to my mother in England of our recent doings, here in Singapore.

I mentioned that we had met Singapore's oldest living person, Teresa Hsu, who is reportedly 110 years old - a supercentenarian (according to Channel News Asia and herself).

My mother didn't seem very impressed. "Oh, we had one of those here, too, recently: 108, she was."

"They are very rare." I pointed out, to her, perhaps hoping to elicit an enthusiastic response. "We brought Ainan.", I went on, exposing my wish to let her know that I was trying to provide interesting experiences for him, as a father. She appeared not to notice my intent.

"Yeh, but a lot of them are very ordinary people...they don't do much."

Now, I understood. My mother did not think that the length of a life conferred any merit on the person - only what they had done with their life, had the power to do that. My mother measures the value of a life by what is achieved, not by how long it is lived. For her, the life of achievement signifies that you have striven, overcome and excelled: that you have, in fact, "done something".

This called to mind, my childhood, in a parental home that only measured results. By this I mean, the only thing that mattered was how well you did. This attitude is one that has advantages and disadvantages, which I am not going to go into. Yet, it was revealing for me, to see the same attitude applied to the life of a centenarian. To my mother, if the centenarian had not ALSO achieved something remarkable in her long life, then the long life, itself, is not to be considered remarkable. Simply living long has no value for her.

Is she right? Is it more important to achieve much, than exist long? I suppose, in one sense, for sure, she is correct. The lives of many geniuses of the past, were not long - but their reach through time, by their influence on mankind, is long indeed. They changed things. They "made a difference". Such people did not become remarkable by their tally of years, but were remarkable by what they achieved in the, often short, time allotted to them.

My mother, though she has probably not thought the thoughts of the paragraph above, being, as I believe, not interested in geniuses, she has thought the global one that what matters is what gets done - how "successful" you are - in whatever way success is measured.

Very few of us will ever be able to look back on a 110 years of life. As I have noted before, there are only 78 verified such people alive today. So, in that sense, supercentenarian status is rarer than genius (at least, I hope it is, otherwise there is not much hope for us on the genius front.)

Even though a genius may not live as long, their actions will have much more effect upon the world, than a supercentenarian - unless that Methuselah is also a genius - or gifted in some way. The ideal, of course, would be for a genius to also be long-lived - for then their body of work would be all the greater and the benefit to mankind, so much enlarged.

My mother wasn't talking about geniuses though. She was talking about the everyday efforts of people who strive and become, achieve and do. She was talking about professionals and businessmen - about the doers of the world. Those are her ideal. Yet, her remark applies to all kinds of achievement.

The long-lived person contributes in many ways that a shorter-lived one cannot. They may educate the generations that come after them - if they were foresighted enough to have children - or the young of others, if they were not. They provide perspective on the modern world, which no history book can do so vividly (for they are often surprisingly clear of mind and early memory). If they had a life-long purpose, or project, or organization that they were involved in, they can contribute so much the longer and so much the better for their experience and wisdom. There are certain things that it takes a long lifetime, with its global perspective, to truly understand.

As my mother pointed out, however, many long-lived people have lived quiet lives. Their contributions seem of a modest kind. It is these that she does not respect. Perhaps she feels that they have wasted their privilege and opportunity in having thirty or forty - or more years - than other people generally have.

I would agree with her, that it is a pity to have lived so long and not made the greatest contribution that one can. Yet, this might be assuming too much. People vary in their gifts. Perhaps that modest looking contribution IS the greatest contribution they could have made. We should not, therefore, take a stance of censure.

The lesson here, is that one should strive for a life of achievement, no matter how long one is fated to live. If one aims for such a state, then the life that results will be of merit and worth - no matter how long and short it turns out to be. That would be a life lived well.

None of us know how much time we have - whether it be long or short - so make the most of it and do something worthwhile, with every year of it. Be, as my mother would wish, "an achiever".

Best wishes all.

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Are geniuses ever satisfied?

What is it that drives a genius ever on, to deeper understandings, greater works, more complete statements? I would say that one key attribute is dissatisfaction.

Yet, dissatisfaction at the work already achieved, has a dark side to it, too. Perhaps the genius is unable to fully appreciate their own work, so high are their aims and, perhaps, so low are their achievements, in comparison.

I am led to the words of two great geniuses to support this view that they appear dissatisfied with their works.

Albert Einstein once said: "If I had my life to live over again, I would be a plumber."

Surely, only great dissatisfaction with what he had achieved - or the life that he had had to lead to achieve it - could ever have motivated such words. Looking back over his life, his personal assessment was that a life of manual labour would have been preferable.

Another, too, who expressed dissatisfaction with his creative life, was Leonardo da Vinci - whose last words I have elsewhere recorded: "I have offended God and Man by doing so little with my life."

These words, too, point to an essential dissatisfaction with his achievements: somehow, great though they appear to others, he felt that they didn't make the grade.

Are we to assess a genius on their own unachievably high standards - or on the external standards of others looking on, at their works. I think the latter is healthier. Einstein and da Vinci may not have thought much of their work - but to the rest of us, their lives seem little short of miraculous.

A genius may need that sense of dissatisfaction to drive them on to greater things. It may, in fact, be a key attribute of great minds - but we must not let their self-assessment provide us with our view of their works. The judgement should be by the standards of the rest of society - otherwise we may not be able to see geniuses for what they are at all. It doesn't seem that they see themselves as we see them. That, in itself, is interesting.

Perhaps a genius needs society to tell them just how significant their works are. That society may, of course, be one of a different time, since some geniuses are not recognized in their own times. Whenever it is, however, society should not be shy in rewarding a genius with recognition - because, more than others, perhaps, they need this positive feedback - since so many of them seem to be unable to see it in themselves.

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When advice, is not advice.

Long ago, my brother Josh was starting out on his career in the financial world.

(I have referred to him elsewhere in one story that told of his savant-like gift for mental calculation. As I noted then, he has the gift, but he does not have a savant's impairment - but is, in fact, profoundly gifted.)

It was at this time that he was given what I have recently come to regard as a mischievous piece of advice. This supposedly helpful adviser was aware of Josh's ability to do complex calculations instantly and instinctively, in his mind, without reference to a calculator or computer. In the financial world, at that time, there were many roles which involved the manipulation of numbers, the analysis of numerical data and the ability to understand all things mathematical. There would seem, therefore, to be one obvious piece of advice that Josh could have been given...but what he was actually advised to do was something altogether different.

This adviser told Josh, as I heard the story, many years ago, to steer clear of any role that involved direct interaction with numbers. He argued that it would become unbearable, for one such as Josh, with his innate understanding of number, to be surrounded by numbers, all day. Josh, as a young man, just out of University, took this advice at face value - and duly steered clear of any role having such direct and considerable daily involvement with numbers.

Think about that for a moment. Josh had a unique gift for instant calculation and interpretation of numbers. He could do what no other could, numerically. The possible implications for effective outcomes for one such as that, placed in a situation which allowed the interpretation of numbers to have a real world effect, are boundless. Truly, he could have done something very interesting indeed. Yet, he was advised not to become involved with numbers. I wonder at the mischief behind such advice. Josh was being advised to avoid playing to his greatest strength, being advised to hide his talents, to operate in an area in which they would have no direct use. Such advice could only have been meant unkindly, I think - unless the adviser truly misunderstood the situation - but I think that unlikely.

Josh never did apply his numerical gift, professionally, as far as I am aware. He took the advice and let his calculatory gift lie dormant and rarely called upon. That is, I feel, a pity.

I tell this tale for an obvious reason. You or your children may have unusual gifts. At various times others, in a position of authority, may advise you or your children as to careers and courses. I would evaluate their advice with the story above in mind - and ask these questions:

Does the advice take note of the innate strengths of the child? Does the advice play to the strengths of the child - or does it ignore them? Is the adviser someone likely to be in competition at the organization with your child? If so, then look more closely still at the advice that is being given.

The gifted are not welcomed everywhere. Sometimes people feel threatened by their gifts - and do what they can to hide them, obstruct them or otherwise interfere with their expression.

Had Josh become directly involved with numbers, in an area in which the rapid understanding of their meaning and possibilities had real world implications, he would have become, in all probability, the best in his field, in the world - for no other could compete with him, in the matter of mental calculation.

In taking the advice he was given, he turned away from his most unusual strength, and played to others, instead - but I can't help but wonder what would have happened had he exercised a gift that no-one else could challenge him in.

Ensure that your child is never left to wonder such a thing, too: play to their strengths, whatever they may be.

(I should point out that Josh has led a fulfilling and interesting career, since. Yet, the point remains that there are applications for his unused gift that would have been truly remarkable.)

(If you would like to read about Ainan Celeste Cawley, Josh's nephew, a scientific child prodigy, aged seven years and six months, or his gifted brothers, Fintan, three, and Tiarnan, sixteen months, please go to: http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/10/scientific-child-prodigy-guide.html I also write of gifted education, IQ, intelligence, child prodigy, child genius, baby genius, adult genius, savant, the creatively gifted, gifted children, and gifted adults. Thanks.)

Genetic discrimination against the gifted

Racism is discrimination based on genetics. It is almost universally decried and fought against. Discrimination against the disabled is also, often, based on genetics - and universally fought against. Giftedness is genetically determined, and often the subject of discrimination - but who fights against that? Virtually no-one. "Giftism", as I have coined it, is both common and not thought of as a real issue. It is OK in many societies to be hostile towards the gifted; to deny them appropriate educational opportunity and generally deny them receiving what they need to receive - by simply ignoring them.

The gifted child is often resented by other children - and socially isolated as a result. That is a form of discrimination. Most schools who saw a child of minority race being shunned would get the school together and give them a talk about it - and try to persuade them to be more inclusive. No such talk will ever occur to protect gifted children from ill-treatment. Their situation is simply not recognized - or if it is, no-one, who has the power to do something about it, cares enough to act.

Discrimination of all kinds must be opposed in a civilized world. If your nation does not oppose discrimination against the gifted - then it is not yet fully civilized: there is at least one more step to take.

It is not just the intellectually gifted who receive this directed envy of their fellows. Children - and adults - gifted in other ways also receive it.

Brad Pitt, of all people, made a relevant comment on the issue, by being quoted as saying:

"I am one of those people you hate because of genetics."

So, even, the famous among us, feel it: the hate of others, simply because of who we are.

Really, everyone, everywhere, who understands this issue should do what they can to oppose it and make this world a more civilized, inclusive, place.

(If you would like to read about Ainan Celeste Cawley, a scientific child prodigy, aged seven years and six months, or his gifted brothers, Fintan, three, and Tiarnan, sixteen months, please go to: http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/10/scientific-child-prodigy-guide.html I also write of gifted education, IQ, intelligence, child prodigy, child genius, baby genius, adult genius, savant, the creatively gifted, gifted adults and gifted children in general. Thanks.)

Understanding the gifted child

Do adults understand gifted children? I have reason to doubt that they do so. Many adults interpret gifted children as they would an adult - but this leads to a failure to understand the dimension of a child's gifts, even if the child compares well to an adult.

Why do I say this? Well, because from what I have gathered on the net, there are adults who are dismissive of the achievements of gifted young children because they expect an educated adult to be able to do the same thing! The thinking that informs such a viewpoint constitutes a special class of mindlessness, for it shows no imaginative understanding of the child's perspective at all.

Let me give you an example. Say you have a baby. This baby has perhaps recently learned to walk and is less than a year old. You note that this baby has a strange habit of touching objects and saying a particular sound to itself, as it touches the first object, a different sound as it touches the second object and so on. It does this strange procedure with many different kinds of objects, but the sequence of sounds is always the same. After a while, you come to understand that the baby is counting and has, in fact, invented its own number system. Yet, you are further puzzled, because the baby is so young that it never occurred to you to try to teach it about numbers and it has never heard counting. So, this baby has invented counting for itself. To those who understand gifted children, this would indicate a truly astonishing degree of native mathematical gift and could foretell a great mathematical mind to come. Yet, to those class of people who like to attack and diminish gifted children (and they do exist - though they are characteristically ungifted adults, themselves - and so come from a position of not understanding what gifted children are, never having been one): this is dismissed by such words as: "Sure anyone can count."

Yes, this is true. Anyone can count - but how many people could have INVENTED COUNTING?
For that is what our baby example has done: it has invented counting. The dimension of this achievement is truly huge. Yet, many adults would fail to understand this, because they impose their understandings of an adult on the child. That is not how to understand a gifted child. One must look at the world from their perspective and see what they know and what they are proceeding to think, based on their known knowledge base. If a child is demonstrating the capacity to imagine areas of thought which are new to them - even if known to adults - then that child is showing great gift. Such children may have the capacity to think of entirely new ideas, in the course of their lives - and make a creative contribution to the world. For it is the same way of thinking that leads to new ideas, that led them to discover known ones, from the much lesser knowledge that they possess (which does not include the proposition they have come up with).

So, to understand a gifted child, imagine the world from their perspective - for then you will be able to truly see the dimension of their giftedness. It is only a foolish adult who fails to do this. Such an adult will never see gifted children for what they are: gifted.

(If you would like to read about Ainan Celeste Cawley, a scientific child prodigy, aged seven years and six months, and his gifted brothers Fintan, three, and Tiarnan, sixteen months, please go to: http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/10/scientific-child-prodigy-guide.html I also write of gifted education, IQ, intelligence, child prodigy, child genius, baby genius, adult genius, savant, the creatively gifted, gifted children and gifted adults in general. Thanks.)

On the genetic inheritance of gift

My father was an enormously strong man, in his youth. His strength would have been legendary, had he lived in earlier days, that lauded such things. As it was, however, he found daily uses for his strength, in the way he went about tasks. He was a man who could lift furniture upstairs, on his own. He had no need of the help of another. He could move objects that would be unmovable, at all, to a typical man, with casual ease. Many a time, as a child, I would wonder at the strength he applied to his daily tasks, in the garden or about the house. Unseen by me, he would apply his strength too, in his business – but for privacy’s sake, I am not going to say what that business was. That his strength was an asset to him, even in modern life, is clear, and in some ways, had he not been strong, he would not have been the success he became (for reasons I will leave undescribed, for they would tell too much about his life – and that wouldn’t be fair).

Now he was an enormously strong man – and I inherited some of that from him, for I have always been a strong man – stronger than most men – yet, not as strong as him, I think. The strength has been handed down to me, somewhat diluted.

I look at my sons, now, in particular, Ainan, and no longer see the strength there, at all. You would never guess, looking at Ainan, that his grandfather was of great physical strength. Ainan does not possess the build that promises a large musculature to come: his is the slightness of the eternal academic, not the strength of a fearsome warrior of old, as, no doubt, our forebears in the old celtic world, were.

So, why do I discuss this? Well, looking at Ainan today, in relation to me, I felt our disparity in strength, and remembered my father’s greater strength before me. Is this, then, the destiny of all genetic gift? Is it to be lost little by little, generation by generation, until all is diluted to nothing? Looking at the decline in strength from grandfather, to father, to son, it might seem so, but all, as usual, is not what it seems.

If we look wider than a single line, we see a different story. I have three brothers, two of whom are stronger than me. I am the shortest male in my family, (though six foot tall) but not the lightest, though the two I estimate to be stronger than me, are both heavier and taller than I am.

My father’s genes have spread wide and each of his children carry half of them. He bore gifts of the mind and gifts of the body – for his mind is good, very good – and his body, in terms of strength, in particular, was most well equipped.

Looking at my brothers, I can see that my father’s qualities of mind appear in them in various admixtures – and so too his strength, in various proportions. I don’t know how many genes are involved in the gifts of the mind and the body – but we each have half of them. It seems, from observation, that there must, for strength, be more than one gene involved – for one can see a gradation across the sons: from quite strong, to strong to very strong to ferociously strong.

My father’s gift of strength lives on – and it is possible that one of his sons is stronger than him, in one way – for one son is six inches taller than his father, allowing him an advantage of scale, even if, for his size, he is weaker.

So, too, is it with my children. Ainan missed out on the gift of strength, it seems – but his brother Fintan did not. Fintan is thickset, well-muscled and, like all Cawleys, stronger than you would estimate. So my own gift of strength has not been lost – it is just not evenly distributed amongst my sons.

I do not know whether Fintan will be as strong as me, or whether, like one of my father’s sons, stronger than his father – but that he has inherited greater than common strength is clear. So, the gift goes on.

I would think it is like this with all genetic gifts. Looking both wide and deep, one will see that the gifts pass into one branch of the family, but miss others – and then further branch again, passing into some lines and not others and so on, forever. Nothing will be truly lost as long as one rule is adhered to: have several children – so that each may bear half the genes and so at least half of each gift, onwards.

I ponder this question because Ainan has certain mental gifts which were evident in my childhood and, no doubt, were anyone around to watch, in my father’s before him: how many more generations can this continue?

The answer is, I think, forever – as long as each generation has enough children so that some – well, at least one, - expresses the gift in question and may pass it on.

As it is in our family, so it is in yours. Whatever gifts you have in you, may be passed down – you just need to have a kid or three. Don’t worry that some have it and some don’t – (or some have more and others have less) because all bear some of it, onwards.

Now all I have to hope for is that I become a grandfather, one day – and watch the story begin to unfold again. There would be satisfaction in seeing that genetic continuity at work. I only hope my children want to have children when they grow up. We will see.

(I should add that even my father is not the strongest man in family legend – there were much larger and stronger men, still, in our background. Looked at physically, therefore, there is evidence of decline in strength over many generations, I would say. (In the direct line, there is decline…but the genes spread wide and are around somewhere). Once, it seems, my forebears had a use for such strength – otherwise they would not have evolved to be so strong, I would think. Looking at the history of the area and of the family, I would say a lot of that would have something to do with the war-torn history of the Land of Ireland, in times, before the gun, when strength was a man’s greatest defence – and offence, too, I might add.)

(If you would like to read about Ainan Celeste Cawley, a scientific child prodigy, aged seven years and three months, or his gifted brothers, Fintan, three and Tiarnan, thirteen months, please go to: http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/10/scientific-child-prodigy-guide.html I also write of gifted education, IQ, intelligence, child prodigy, child genius, baby genius, adult genius, savant, the creatively gifted, gifted adults and gifted children in general. Thanks.)

Gifted adults in the workplace

Are gifted adults accepted in the workplace? That depends, perhaps, on the culture of that workplace. A real example of working life, here, in Singapore, tells its own tale.

In a famous school in Singapore, one respected throughout the country, one to which many more students wish to apply than there are places to accept them, there works a teacher. He is a good teacher. In fact, he is a great teacher. This teacher has won several accolades for his teaching work: he has, in fact, been nationally recognized as a great teacher. How, then, do his colleagues welcome him?

Some do so with silence. Another, however, has a different method. Ever since this leading teacher rose to prominence and respecct, this colleague has been writing the noted teacher anonymous emails of a particularly nasty nature. These are emails calculated to wound and terrorize, to dispirit and discourage. They are a regular flow into our esteemed teacher's inbox.

Someone I know, knows both of these people: knows the victim and the perpetrator of this perpetual harrassment. When confronted about it, and asked: "Why are you doing this?" He says, "You don't understand...you don't understand."

Yes, we do understand, jealousy and spite are the same everywhere - and rarely has anyone been more jealous than this man.

I tell this story because it is in sharp contrast to the welcome my son receives at school. Perhaps his school is unusual - or the attitude of people changes when there is a career and money involved.

You should note that there is no racism at work, here. For the victim and the perpetrator are both the same race.

Are gifted adults welcomed in your country? Or could a similar situation easily develop? Your tales please...

(If you would like to learn more of Ainan Celeste Cawley, a scientific child prodigy, his gifted brothers, and child prodigy, child genius, savant, the creatively gifted and gifted children in general, please go to: http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2006/10/scientific-child-prodigy-guide.html Thanks).

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

Singapore's richest top 40: a comment:

http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2009/09/singapores-richest-top-40-comment.html

Fintan invents his very own season's greeting for Xmas:

http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2011/12/fintans-very-own-seasons-greetings.html

On making a written record of childhood:

http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2012/01/on-making-record.html

Genius and obsession. A post on one of the keys to genius.

http://scientific-child-prodigy.blogspot.com/2012/01/genius-and-obsession.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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