<p>He's not used to people "contradicting him."</p>
<p>Splendid.</p>
<p>Haha i know right...everyone loves an egomaniac!</p>
<p>The things he enjoys are things that kids his age do not understand so I am guessing he doesnt socialize with people his age.</p>
<p>Where's Mary Kay Letourneau when you really need her?</p>
<p>That's pretty sad. I think they should definitely encourage him and nurture his precocity, but not at the expense of a regular childhood.</p>
<p>Well, he could be a true polymath who is only beginning on some great journey. </p>
<p>Or, he could be a fraud.</p>
<p>^that sucks for him. poor guy.</p>
<p>as for the indian kid in the OP's article...</p>
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However, Akrit’s progress came at a price: frustrated with the perceived lack of support for his gifted son, Akrit’s father became depressed and left the family home last year, telling him not to get in touch until Akrit had found a cure for cancer. Adored by his self-sacrificing mother and treated as a genius, Akrit has no doubt he will do this.
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<p>hahaha. sorry, but this just made me laugh.</p>
<p>anyway, that kid is pretty amazing i guess. i'm not jealous. good for him. but damn, he's only 12. how the hell do you perform surgery at 7? i could hardly win at OPERATION when i was 7. he hasn't even hit puberty. </p>
<p>but i wonder...just b/c he's intellectually like 15 years ahead of his time, does this mean he's going to be smarter than the doctors we have today? what i'm saying is, just b/c he's ridiculously smart now doesn't mean he'll cure cancer. he's just smart for his age, not necessarily his species. i could be wrong. i guess i hope i'm wrong, and that he does cure cancer, if noone else has.</p>
<p>I just hope the kid is happy. </p>
<p>This may sound like jealousy, but I think there are so many kids in America who could be doing neat things like that (ie operations) if it weren't for the system that we're in: the one that says you can't go into an operating room until you're 18 for confidentiality reasons, let alone operate. The one that discourages self-study to skip 10 grades...if I knew I wanted to be a doctor that young and was allowed to do what that kid did--knowing that I wouldn't have to wait 20 years until I got my MD-- I'd probably have devoured some medical knowledge myself. </p>
<p>I know a 14 year old that knows how to suture (put in stitches), has memorized the ins and outs of human anatomy, and has job shadowed his dad--a surgeon--for over 200 hours. He knows how to do basic surgery. But is he allowed to do, say, an appendectomy? Of course not. </p>
<p>It's great that this kid has been given so many great opportunities. Memorizing information and acting on the advice of textbooks is easier than creating new knowledge, however, but I wish him the best of luck with his cancer research.</p>
<p>Let us wait until puberty hits the boy.</p>
<p>He was probably the first baby who did his own circumcision.</p>
<p>^ Lol. </p>
<p>(10)</p>
<p>The kid in the article is really lucky to have what he has. and, no, I'm not jealous. I'd hate to be his age and do what he's doing. I would rather play in some mud in my back yard..it's more fun, in my opinion.</p>
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if I knew I wanted to be a doctor that young and was allowed to do what that kid did--knowing that I wouldn't have to wait 20 years until I got my MD-- I'd probably have devoured some medical knowledge myself.
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<p>Well, medicine is not something that kids should be allowed in practically. I wouldn't want someone who doesn't havee medical education to perform surgery on me.</p>
<p>Yeah, seriously. A 12 year old performing an operation on me? I'll pass. </p>
<p>What's the name of that old show about a young doctor... I forgot.. Doobie Howser...? </p>
<p>This kid totally reminds me of him.</p>
<p>Ooh, Doogie Howser. Haha, yeah...</p>
<p>This child may be gifted in the realm of academia, but I wonder how adept he is with regards to real life scenarios. Can he wash his own clothes, cook, do household chores, etc? Or has he been too engrossed in his medical books to learn the fundamentals of real life skills. Just curious to know.</p>
<p>I wouldn't lose any sleep over it. There are a lot of adult surgeons (as well as a lot of upper class suburban housewives) who can't wash clothes, cook, or do household chores.</p>
<p>dude look at this kid. he entered a MD/PhD program at 12:</p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sho_Yano%5B/url%5D">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sho_Yano</a></p>
<p>O_O he's like . . . my age.</p>
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After scoring 1500 out of 1600 on the SAT at age 8, he entered Loyola University at age 9
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<p>oh yeah i saw this on tv.</p>