The Prodigy

Kuroko walked back into his living room to see that the other five guys had not moved much. The only obvious difference was that Kise was not sitting next to Murasakibara. He quickly found that they did not notice him and he relaxed a little. Born with a very low, mostly undetectable presence had left Kuroko accustomed to being unnoticed. He found that though it was considered a curse, his low presence came quite in handy at times. He spotted Akashi still lying down on the side of the couch he…

Frederic Chopin was on March 1, 1810 in Zelazowa Wola. Both of his parents were musicians, and it was almost destined for Chopin to be a musical prodigy. In his short life of 39 years, Chopin traveled through Europe, meeting famous composers like Liszt and Cherubini. He composed over 230 works, which were mainly piano pieces. Ever since his childhood, he was destined for greatness. When Chopin was six months old, his family moved to Warsaw, where his father was employed teaching French at the…

people will argue that paying college athletes will ruin college organizations and that athletes will choose a school due to the highest bidder instead of the actual program “Paying student athletes erodes that association. If a high-school football prodigy reported that he chose Michigan not for its academic quality, tradition, or beautiful campus but because it outbid all other suitors, a connection to the university’s values would be lost.”(Yankah) That’s all blown out of proportion. College…

sad, and some you just can't explain. Trust me, I've been there. But recently I read a book called the "The boy who dared" by: Susan Campbell Bartoletti , and the book dates back to the minscule era of the Nazis. In the town of Hamburg, 17 year old prodigy Helmuth Huebener with his two friends Karl Heinz Snibbe and Rudolf Wobbe planed an attack over the nazis. Though they were "kids" , they made stratergies to secretly take over the nazis in a way the Nazis hadn't expected in. All they used were…

music but not schooling. He quit school at only 10 years of old. He did continue studying music and learning anything he could share his talent with the musician, Bach he was able to publish a composition at 12 years old. Beethoven wasn’t a child prodigy but believed his nephew Karl was. Even with his hearing worsening he continued a custody battle with his sister in law after his brothers death Beethoven was awarded custody calling Karl’s mother “ immoral.” Karl didn’t like living with…

Camille Saint-Saens was one of the most conservative yet still famous composers in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.Born in Paris on October 9, 1835, Saint-Saens displayed the skills of a child prodigy at an early age.He began piano lessons with his aunt at the age of two, and started to write compositions a year later when he was three. At age 13, Saint-Saens was admitted into the Paris Conservatoire, where he studied organ and composition. He was able to memorize all of Beethoven's…

glam rock music straight to the fashion industry. Yves Saint-Laurent one of the worlds best known designers started his career in the 70’s. He came up with the idea of cross-dressing, creating the first classic black tuxedo for women. Many fashion prodigies also started their careers in the seventies including Ossie Clark, known for mesmerizing feminine clothing. Barbara Hulanicki started Biba a boutique in London. One of the more unpleasant aspects of the 70’s was the layered look. A dirndl…

rib cage, jaw, and intestines to shrink and their brains, skulls, and height to grow. Lastly, controlling fire led early humans to the first writing, language, and settled communities. Our answers would socialise more and there was a huge growth in prodigy showed that early humans were evolving. The use of fire made humans taller and smarter, while cutting down on their jaws and intestines. Which all led to writing language and beginning of settled communities and formed…

upon such an important document. However, things quickly backfired on me as I unfolded the paper inside, and my eyes met the exact four letter word I did not want to see: “GIRL!” My aspirations for transforming my baby brother into an ice hockey prodigy immediately dissolved. Moreover, I was now going…

One boy is a prodigy and the only one who is capable of saving the earth from war (Ender from Ender's game) Whereas, the other boy lost all his powers, thus being deported to a powerless colony, Is the reason behind a problem that can endanger the earth and all living beings but is the only one who can fix it (Taemon from Freakling). Both of the boys are heroes in the end although their stories seem different.. After reading Freakling by Lana Krumwiede and watching the film production of Ender’s…