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[Marciano]

IS 318 chess alumni Justus Williams won the Under 16 Chess Championship of the United States. Justus, a star of Brooklyn Castle, won a 4 year scholarship to college as a result of his victory.

Is it just me....or does he look like a boss standing in front of everybody else?

 

[Sonic Boom of the South]

http://newsone.com/2665991/james-martin-florida-atlantic-university/

While most 17-year-olds are contemplating which college they plan on attending next fall, James Martin is thinking about where he wants to attend graduate school.

WSVN-TV 7 reports that Martin, of Marimar, Fla., just received his bachelor’s degree in molecular biology from Florida Atlantic University (FAU) during a ceremony Tuesday. The baby-faced teen was by far the youngest graduate in his class of 1000 other students; he was also one of the most accomplished, finishing with a 3.9 GPA.

“James Martin, Suma Cum Laude,” said announcer at the the ceremony. That he is so young is a fact that does not elude the young scholar.

“It’s funny, because I have a really young face, so they all knew this kid doesn’t belong here,” Martin said. “They end up seeing you almost as a peer because you study like they do, you work like they do and at the same time, you’re interacting.”
While Martin is clearly a super-talented young man, his mother, who home-schooled him as a child, admits that her son was not always so studious. “His early years, he tended to be a little lazy,” said Joan Martin. “He daydreamed a lot and then, about 12 or 13, he started getting really serious.”

Martin was so serious that his improved habits landed him on FAU’s campus at 14-years-old. It was a successful journey that didn’t go without its challenging moments, however. “It’s been some nights, man,” he said. “It’s been some nights where I’m just like, ‘Ugh!’”

While Martin is not sure of what his next steps will be, he does eventually want to pursue higher education.

“In a couple years, hopefully, I’ll be on my way to getting a PhD, and so that would be a tremendous blessing,” he said. “In another eight years, I’ll be a professor somewhere.”

Congratulations to another fine young man doing great things!





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[kickz]

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Yo mods stop being c00ns and sticky this permanently

 

[SiickCurllyGurl]

IS 318 chess alumni Justus Williams won the Under 16 Chess Championship of the United States. Justus, a star of Brooklyn Castle, won a 4 year scholarship to college as a result of his victory.

The kid on the far left looks salty as hell..

 

[Blackking]

*why is this thread not sticked?

u have to ask

 

[SiickCurllyGurl]

Do y'all remember that Smooth Jazz radio station 107.5?... i miss that

 

[YouMadd?]

Andrew is a master violinist based out of Atlanta. He was named concertmaster of the Georgia Music Association’s All-State Middle School Orchestra. The title goes to the most skilled musician in the section.

 

[YouMadd?]

At 17, Rochelle Ballantyne is one of the top chess players in the world. She is currently on the verge of becoming the first Black American female to earn the title of chess master.

 

[YouMadd?]

Stephen entered Morehouse College at the age of 11 and picked up three majors. Now 16, he is currently studying computer science and mathematics. He will likely graduate at 17.

 

[YouMadd?]

By the age of 7, Loiseau spoke French, Creole, Spanish, Mandarin, Arabic and Russian. She also plays the harp, clarinet, violin, drums, guitar and piano.

 

[YouMadd?]

The Imafidon family is known as the smartest family in the U.K. The youngest siblings, Peter and Paula, made history by becoming the youngest students to enroll in secondary school. Their older sister, Anne-Marie, was the youngest student to pass A-level computing at the age of 13.

 

[YouMadd?]

Raised by a single father, Autum was ridiculed by highly regarded conservatives at the age of 7 for writing a poem that highlighted the travesty of slavery. Autum never wavered and mastered languages such as Arabic, Swahili and Spanish. She scored 149 on the standard IQ test. At age 13, she was accepted into the University of Connecticut.

 

[YouMadd?]

Not taking full credit...

Learned of these kids from The Bay's black newspaper...

 

[606onit]

@ 50 years old???

 

[Marciano]

African female billionaire from Angola. Isabela Dos Santos

worth 2 billion dollars, married a brotha from Congo, and she looks good

the first of many

What you think about this article about her & her pops building her fortune through a whole lot of alleged corruption?

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kerryad...-short-route-to-become-africas-richest-woman/