Nonono, I am not talking about EU the European union, eU is my new acronym — Not exactly an acronym, but close enough =) for extraordinary Youth. What do I mean by extraordinary youth? Simply put, they are groups of people who have achieved something greater than what most adult would, for instance, young artists and prodigies are two that comes to mine mind at the time, but believe me, there are lot more others. In this series of blog, I will introduce you to a list of eUs I know and found. Hope they can inspire you and motivate you to achieve something great in your life too, or at least, be a little jealous of them, and pay a little of admiration and respect.
The eU of the week is Adora Lily Svitak, born October 15, 1997 and a child prodigy in writing. While most of people are discovered as a writer or an author at age of around 20s, most of whom graduated from a proper post-secondary school, have a heavy background knowledge on history and humanity, and is equipped with solid understanding of the English language, Adora is discovered at the age of 6 for her writing ability. And just a year later, she appeared with Diane Sawyer on Good Morning America, not long before her book Flying Fingers was published. After age of 7, she began to write blogs and online journals, commenting on subjects of international significance. Since 2005, she has being promoting literacy and lectured in both United States and United Kingdom. As of 2009, she appeared on Channel 4 documentary The World’s Cleverest Child and Me, and had finished her second book, Dancing Fingers, and is completing her first full-length novel, Yang in Disguise.
Recently, at one of the 2010 TEDtalk, Adora has spoken about the subject of “What adults can learn from kids”. To learn more about Adora, watch her TEDtalk below and her videos on YOUTUBE:
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