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Michael Kearney , pictured here at the age of 22, won the $1m Grand prize in game-show Gold Rush in the year of 2006

Before Michael Kearney was able to go, he had begun to master the English Language . From as young as four months Old - When he spoke his first word - Michael carried the manuscript of a Prodigy.

to be home educated by his parents, Michael 's intellectual development is accelerated in a head-spinning pace. Fast-tracked through High School and college, Michael enrolled at the University of South Alabama in 1992, at the age of eight years.

Two years later, at the age of 10, he went with a Bachelor's degree in anthropology, enters the Guinness book of records as the youngest ever graduate - an extraordinary feat that remains unsurpassed until today.

More learning Success - including two Master's Degrees , followed in his youth and 20s, culminating in a PhD and a (£759,000).

What is happening, because then is less well documented. Over the late 2000s, Michael online footprint crumbs is a few bread. Today, the BBC understands the 35-year-Old lives A Life of its own, his last known whereabouts in Nashville, Tennessee.

Of master musician Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart for gifted mathematician Ruth Lawrence , no two child prodigies are the same. But Michael 's case is a reminder that childhood does not Mature early-not necessarily a guarantee for permanent Success and attention in the entire adult life.

Laurent Simon, a nine-year-Old Belgian up-and-comer, shows the same promise that Michael once did. Also, he has exceptional talents, the channels he has in academic pursuits. If Michael 's university record was broken, Laurent seemed like a child to do it.

He first made headlines in the year 2018, When , at the age of eight, he graduated from the Secondary School year in addition to 18 -. Like Michael before him, Laurent, who has an IQ of 145, the center of attention of the media.

With his Wunderkind credentials cemented, the next step is the study of Electrical Engineering at the University of Eindhoven in the Netherlands. November, Laurent was on the track at the conclusion of the three-year course prior to the 26. December, his 10. Birthday .

Laurent Simons, aged nine, was studying for a degree in Electrical Engineering at the Eindhoven University of Michael 's long track record of Success , it seemed, was in his sight.

But earlier this month, the said University, it would not be possible for Laurent to take the course before he was 10, and instead offered him by the middle of 2020 graduation. His parents, Alexander and Lydia, rejected the proposal immediately and removed him from the course. He would continue his studies at a University in the United States, she said.

In his defense, the said University, to rush out if Laurent were, would of course suffer also his academic development. The University warned of the excessive pressure on the nine-year-Old students" which, it was argued, would place ""unprecedented Talent ."

Laurent, in the picture with his parents, Lydia and Alexander, was the target for the completion of the three-year course of study in only 10 months, a record-breaker or not, Laurent scientific progress so far, still exceptional in historical comparison. He is still expected that the graduate of the University, happened When and where it is.

When the pressure to do so has become more intense, Laurent, to show it. In interviews, Laurent seems to be self-confident and optimistic for The Future , flush with endless possibilities. Study of medicine, and the production of artificial organs belong to his tasks.

Laurent has what Ellen Winner, Professor of Psychology at Boston College , calls a "rage to master", an unstoppable motivation to excel in its domain, the ability. If Laurent is an adult, he can catch up to the limit of that ability, the other bright individuals in a similar age, in order. As a result, Prof winner said Laurent talents as a child, like less, especially as an adult.

"If prodigies do not make the transition into the adult creator, the you can feel like failures," Prof Winner, author of the gifted: myths and realities, told the BBC. "Nobody cares that a 21-year-Old playing The Violin with great know-how, or ace calculus or understand Latin and Greek . "

Psychology Professor Ellen Winner, said Laurent had a "rage to master" As a former Child Prodigy , Gabriel Carroll , of the said now in his 30s, he felt uncomfortable When others talked about his illustrious past.

"I think gee, I haven't done anything since then," he told the BBC.

But Gabriel adult life was far from a failure. Assistant professor of economics at Stanford University , Gabriel is pursuing a career in a field related to his gift: the solving of mathematical puzzles.

Sat In his seventh-grade [Scholastic Assessment Tests] examinations, Gabriel achieved the highest score in California, including a perfect 800 in the Mathematics . In High School , his mathematical skills to The Test Olympics has been put against The World 's best young minds in The International Mathematics , where he won two gold medals in the years 1998 and 2001.

speaking about his Success , Gabriel struck a more modest tone, more comfortable showing his weaknesses than his strengths.

In Seventh Grade , Gabriel Carroll achieved the highest SAT score in California, "I feel less social and emotional skills, as I might not have aimed I not so technically developed in the areas of," Gabriel said.

He led his parents, both tech industry workers in California, the mediation of him with this focus. They were "extremely important" for his development, teaching him the Mathematics and puzzle books to solve from the age of six. Reflecting on his upbringing, Gabriel said he felt "very happy on the whole", but regretted "a few, When you think how much freedom you have as a child".

you may also be interested in: the Agency, Gabriel has the ability to act independently, free from the overt influence of the parents is meant. This has particularly importance in the context of the child to whose parents are often represented as pushy, domineering, and arrogant.

Jennifer Pike , British violinist, who burst onto the classical music scene, as a teenager, said the parents of the child prodigies were often stereotyped in this way.

"I am aware that The Myth , or to the popular belief that parents must somehow be pushing said your child live their dream," Jennifer of the BBC. "I think this is a trope that is definitely true in some cases but not the case for Most . "

Jennifer Pike , a violinist, won the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition at 12, For Jennifer, it was she who took The Lead , not with their parents. That self-determination was evident in 2002, When at the age of 12. At the time, the youngest award-winner, a record she held for Six Years .

From this moment, your biggest challenge is overcoming this perception of you in a moment in your life was "".

"the people want to keep you in this field," said Jennifer, who said now, at the age of 30.

Jennifer said, the parents of the child prodigies were often stereotyped Anne-Marie Imafidon, a tech-entrepreneur with a master ' s degree at the University of Oxford, said she could not imagine A Life outside of the box.

"I always only the label, she told the BBC.

has stuck with The label, because Anne-Marie and her four siblings were referred to as "Britain's family brainiest" by the British media. In school, Computer Science , Mathematics and languages, their strength were. They passed two GCSEs, while still at primary school and at the age of 11, became the youngest person to get an A-level in data processing.

Anne-Marie Imafidon has a master's degree from the University of Oxford for Nearly 20 years, Anne-Marie said, you have nothing more to prove, especially because you have never seen yourself as a genius", you see in The Movies ," a rain man-type. Excelling in their domain of ability, Mathematics , and Computer Science - is enough for Anne-Marie.

The difference between an adult genius, and Child Prodigy is said, an important distinction, Prof winner. A Child Prodigy is a child who is very precocious in a particular area, the mastery of a domain that has already been invented, she says. A genius, she thinks, is someone who conquered a field of knowledge.

"Most of the miracles don't make the leap into early adulthood, the control said to the great creative discoveries," Prof winner. "Some people don't like to do it the Most . Instead, experts in their areas of giftedness - professors of Mathematics ; performers in an orchestra, and so on. "

Anne-Marie and Gabriel, Jennifer said that she "never Success can be defined in relation to the services in this way". Your life goals are far more modest.

"I'm just happy to have a career, survived the trip," Jennifer said.

Laurent said, he didn't bring #gigantic plan for The Future , in a post on his Instagram account for a child to have, you are a cautionary tale for the next generation.

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Source of news: bbc.com