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#1 May 02 2008 at 11:03 AM Rating: Excellent
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Just when I'm feeling ok about where I'm at...someone has to come along that makes me look like a big loser. Just kidding, I'm prettier.

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Sabur, from Northport, N.Y., 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 had elementary school finished at age 5.

She made the jump to college at age 10. And by age 14, Sabur was earning a bachelor’s of science degree in applied mathematics summa *** 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.S. and a Ph.D. in materials science and engineering.

With an unlimited future ahead of her, Sabur 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 in 1717.
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#2 May 02 2008 at 11:28 AM Rating: Good
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But she's probably not divorced and dating an overweight crazy.

Even at best.
#3 May 02 2008 at 11:29 AM Rating: Excellent
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NephthysWanderer wrote:
But she's probably not divorced and dating an overweight crazy.

Even at best.


Yet. I wasn't either at her age.

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#4 May 02 2008 at 12:36 PM Rating: Good
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You got one up on her
#5 May 02 2008 at 3:21 PM Rating: Good
Dont worry about some smart *** child genius - this is what happens to them in the uk! http://www.telegraph.co.uk/portal/main.jhtml?xml=/portal/2008/04/01/ftgenius101.xml

Or, you get a sex change and get beaten up : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren_Harries

Edited, May 2nd 2008 7:41pm by fatalillusiontw
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