UNITED STATES—“Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them.” - Albert Einstein
Sometimes you really have to ask are smart kids taught or born that way? Is there a secret to raising smart kids? Perhaps the latter question should be asked to the parents of Moshe Kai Cavallin, 11, who recently graduated from East Los Angeles College. Moshe started college at the age of 8, and tutored some of his classmates in math and science who were 19 and 20 years old. The boy wonder, plans on writing a book for kids on how to succeed in school, and plans on devoting his time to his martial arts abilities. Among his idols are Albert Einstein and, like a twist in a Hollywood action flick, Bruce Lee.
He is the youngest university graduate to receive an A.A. degree at the age of 11 years old.
Moshe doesn’t play video games.
Don’t let Stephen Spielberg hear that playing video games is not on the agenda. Spielberg is creating video games too. The sequel to Boom Blox is coming out, with new tools, worlds, characters, rewards, levels and twice as many multiplayer challengers as the original. A quintessential genius of movie making intuitive nature knows what people really want at the multiplex. At the age of 17, his first independent film, a 140-minute science fiction titled “Firelight” premiered in his local theater, which generated a profit of $1.
Is it a stroke of genius? Is the 14-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps a children’s book author? The answer is yes. The book titled “How to Train with a T.Rex and Win 8 Gold Medals” describes his training regimen in terms relatable to kids, it also features illustrations by Ward Jenkins of Phelps, his bulldog Herman and his coach Bob Bowman. He points out that’s the same as swimming “from my hometown of Baltimore to the North Pole and back, and doing it all over again!” “It’s a fun way for kids to learn and for me to get a lot of different messages out there.” Phelps said at a swim meet a few weeks ago in Santa Clara that, “Having Bob and Herman in the book is cool.”
Rose’s Scoop: The movie “The Hangover,” a tale of a Las Vegas bachelor party gone wrong continues to hang on. After 10 days in the theaters, it hauled in $105.4 million.
Wishing everyone a safe and happy 4th of July!
