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What's a whiz kid anyway? Some kids are smart, and others are super smart.
Sep 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Then there are some kids who can do and understand things as well as adults can. Scientists who study how our brains work call these kids "prodigies" or "child prodigies." We often call them "whiz kids." A prodigy is a child under the age of 10 ...
Midori makes music.(violinist Midori Goto)
Sep 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Pling! The E-string or, Midori's violin breaks. Fourteen-year-old Midori is in the midst of playing Leonard Bernstein's "Serenade for Harp, Percussion, and Strings." She isn't at a school recital or talent show. Midori is playing at the Tanglewood Music ...
The boy doctor of India: the most famous doctor in India is a teenager!(Akrit Jaswal)
Sep 01, 2009; ... Akrit Jaswal was always advanced for his age. When he was a baby he skipped the crawling stage and started walking. He began to talk when he was just 10 months, and he was reading at 2. By the time he was 4, he was reciting Shakespeare. Some people believe he's smarter than Albert ...
Bobby Jones and Tiger Woods: golfing whizzes.
Sep 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] When you hear "whiz kid," what kind of kid do you imagine? A serious student who's only interested in books, technology, or science? If so, it's time to think again. Some whiz kids are hotshot athletes. Take Bobby Jones for example. ...
Bindi!(Bindi Sue Irwin)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2009; ... Sometimes parents name their children after a relative or close friend of the family. That's a way to honor special relationships. So it's no surprise that the late Steve Irwin, also known as the Crocodile Hunter, named his daughter after his favorite female crocodile at the Australia Zoo ....