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Meet The World's Youngest Professor. by july123(m): 5:04pm On Sep 10, 2010 |
At 19 years old, Alia Sabur is the youngest college professor in history. From Northport, New York, U.S.A. Alia has clearly been ahead of the learning curve since an early age. She started talking and reading when she was just 8 months old. She finished elementary school at age 5 and made the jump to university at age 10. And by age 14, Alia earned a bachelor’s of science degree in applied mathematics summa cum laude from Stony Brook University — the youngest female in U.S. history to do so. Her education continued at Drexel University, where she earned an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in materials science and engineering. On top of her unprecedented academic achievements, Sabur has a black belt in the Korean martial art of tae kwon do and is also a music prodigy. She has been playing clarinet with orchestras since her solo debut at age 11, playing with recording artists Lang Lang and Smash Mouth. With an unlimited future ahead of her, Alia directed her first career choice to teaching. She was three days short of her 19th birthday in February when she was hired to become a professor at Konkuk University in Seoul, Korea. This distinction made her the youngest college professor in history, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, beating the previous record held by Colin Maclaurin, a student of physicist Isaac Newton, in 1717. Explaining why she chose teaching, Alia said: “I really feel I can help a lot of people.” At Konkuk University, Ali said she will take part in classroom instruction, but will also focus on research into developing nanotubes for use as cellular probes that could help aid in cures for diseases. Before taking up the appointment, however, Alia has taken up teaching math and physics courses at Southern University in New Orleans, which is still struggling from the devastation left in Hurricane Katrina’s wake in 2005. Funny enough, though she is old enough to teach in New Orleans, she cannot join her fellow professors in a bar after work. In Korea, where the drinking age is 20, she might have more luck. In traditional Korean culture, children are considered to be 1 year old when they are born, and add a year to their age every New Year instead of their actual birthday, so in Korea Sabur is considered 20. http://www.coastalnews.com/component/content/article/122-world-news/739-meet-the-worlds-youngest-professor.html |
Re: Meet The World's Youngest Professor. by ndigbo: 5:48pm On Sep 10, 2010 |
Speechless. |
Re: Meet The World's Youngest Professor. by Beaf: 4:42pm On Sep 12, 2010 |
The strange thing about people like Ali is, they never seem to grow up and become World changers. We hear they are the youngest at something and it ends there, is something missing in the way they are brought up or educated? Its perplexing. |
Re: Meet The World's Youngest Professor. by ElRazur: 10:18am On Sep 13, 2010 |
Beaf: I personally find it hard to believe this whole reading from 8months story. Reading as in showing interest in books like most child of her age tend to do? Or was she reading Quantum physics at that age and having conversation like an adult? It will be nice to see some stuff to actually back it up. |
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