The Prodigy

Savant Syndrome is something many people seem to be uninformed about. Savant syndrome is a condition in which a person with a developmental disability or central nervous system injury have genius like traits. This condition can present itself at the time of birth, or it can be acquired later on in life due to some type of injury or disease that affects the central nervous system. It tends to affect males more frequently than women, and it is also known to appear in individuals with autism.…

clinic almost three times a week, which for any boy who would go through that would greatly lack friends at school since he is barely there. Another thing to take in to consideration is that he could have skipped a few grades due to him being a child prodigy. The greater age difference could make it harder for him to make friends, or even the fact that he just doesn’t have anything in common with them. Also, if Bobby is high up on the donor list for a new kidney, he can give the machine back to…

The book “An Abundance of Katherines” is about a child prodigy named Colin who had a long history of dating girls named Katherine. In dating so many Katherines, he has also had a long history of being dumped by them. Having had to be dumped by Katherines, Colin wanted to become the genius he always hoped become and started to try to figure out a formula that might predict the outcome of any relationship. Meanwhile, his friend, Hassan, had planned a road trip that would later completely change…

may have been told it's not cool to be a "nerd." Well, we've got 10 people who would beg to differ. These 10 smartest people of all time are not only incredibly accomplished, but they're also insanely smart. Check out the full list below. A child prodigy who is now considered to be the greatest German mathematician of all time, Carl Gauss had an estimated IQ between 250 and 300. Gauss was particularly adept in the study of electromagnetism.English physicist Thomas Young had an IQ between 185 and…

Incredibly talented and extremely humble, a champion of champions and a winner of hearts... Yes today we are talking about the tennis maestro, Roger Federer. Roger was born on 9th august,1981 in Basel, Switzerland. He was a born prodigy and started showing his interest in sports from a very young age. He was naturally talented and very hardworking, as a result of which, he became the national junior champion in Switzerland, at an age of 14. In 1998, shortly before he turned pro, Federer won the…

made me think about the context of her writing, but lacked facts, statistics, and hard evidence. Rosin has a lack of documented sources in this essay. Rosin briefly mentions stories of “child prodigies gone bad”, but instead talks about her friend hating the violin (310). Sharing statistics about prodigies harming their mothers would have had a bigger impact on the counter argument. Even though she lacks logos, she doesn’t lack ethos or pathos in her…

Some times you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory. This quote by Dr. Seuss is the perfect representation of both short stories because both main characters don't value moments until they remember them towards the end of the story. It first appears these two stories are very different, their common theme of rebellion ties them together. In Louis's story he worked in his dad's junk yard where they sell people spare parts. The story starts out by giving us a quick…

Still Believing in the American Dream “The ideals of freedom, equality, and opportunity traditionally held to be available to every American”. (Dictionary.com) People travel from all over the world to come to America in pursuit of achieving the American dream. Some people often leave everything behind and bring only the clothes on their backs in hopes of being able to provide for their families. In recent polls conducted, this dream is becoming more unachievable every year. Although there are…

Romanticism From the late 18th to the mid-19th century, Western civilisation entered an artistic period known as Romanticism. It’s ideas influenced many works of painting, music, architecture and literature. Romanticism can be seen as a rejection of Classicism and the ideas of order, harmony, and rationality that characterised it. It focused on the personal, the emotional, and the irrational ("Romanticism | Encyclopædia Britannica”). Creators from the period showed great interest in folk…

BASIC CONDUCTING FINAL EXAM “LINCOLNSHIRE POSY, HARKSTOW GRANGE” PERCY GRAINGER: BIOGRAPHY - PERCY GRAINGER, BORN IN MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA IN JULY 8TH 1882, WAS A GIFTED PIANIST AS A CHILD. - AFTER STUDYING A YEAR IN FRANKFURT, HE BECAME KNOWN AS A PRODIGY. - AFTER ATTENDING A SEMINAR ON FOLK MUSIC, GRAINGER BEGAN COLLECTING FOLK SONGS AND NOTATING THEM DOWN ON SHEET MUSIC. - HE QUICKLY GAINED RECOGNITION FOR REVITALIZING FOLK MUSIC AND GOING AGAINST THE TRADITION OF THE GERMAN GREAT…