It warms this educators heart to find a student curious about how the universe works. Notice the IP address for M. Vishnu Unnikrishna’s, age 16, blog. It includes “I love astrophysics.”
And thanks, Unnikrishna, for suggesting that the book “Stephen Hawking: A quest for the theory of everything” by Kitty Ferguson might be of interest to the 11 year old girl who has read some Stephen Hawking and also likes astrophysics. You hit a double, because the biography of Kitty Ferguson describes how she became interested in mathematics, physics, and astronomy through family’s discussions at the dinner table.
I’ll get these ideas to the 11 year old and her mother. Wow. This tip from such young talent makes my day! I hope it warms yours also.
These people set the bar high for educators, making NCLB irrelevant. That’s good!
I wonder how many other latent brilliant minds exist in schools today? How many other accomplished people discovered their professional interests around the family table?
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