THEY SAID HE WOULD NEVER LEARN, NOW HE’LL TEACH THEM A THING OR TWO…
A genius boy whose IQ is higher than Albert Einstein is on his way to possibly winning a Nobel Prize after being set free of special education programs in public schools. His mother made the decision to take him out of the programs, even after having doctors diagnose him with ADD and say that her son Jacob Barnett would never even learn to tie his shoes.

She describes in her book “The Spark: A Mother’s Story of Nurturing Genius” that she was afraid of trying to pull him out of school. “For a parent, it’s terrifying to fly against the advice of the professionals. But I knew in my heart that if Jake stayed in special ed, he would slip away.”

Jacob was not thriving in special ed classes. He kept turning deeper into himself and was uncommunicative with other people. His doctors diagnosed ADD and prescribed medical treatment for the boy. When he wasn’t in therapy though, his mother noticed him doing amazing things. “He would create maps all over our floor using Q-tips. They would be maps of places we’ve visited and he would memorize every street.”

Jake dropped out of elementary school in the 5th grade. His incredible memory allowed him to attend university classes after he learned all of high school math in two weeks. Now he’s on track to graduate from college at age 14 and working on theories to build on Einstein’s theory of relativity.

http://thelibertarianrepublic.com/schools-put-genius-child-in-special-ed-tell-mom-he-cant-learn-now-free-and-hes-on-track-to-win-a-nobel-prize/

Incredible story. A real life Will Hunting.

I thought Albert Einsteins theories were recently put under scruntiny.

Science is always developing.  

He should memorize scripture, catechesis, and spiritual writings.

Whenever I read of geniuses I think the same thing.. what a loss, they are so full of secular "learning".. but if only they would be full of spiritual knowledge..

If they were full of this and conquered the great enemy of pride of intellect.. what a gift they could be..

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He should memorize scripture, catechesis, and spiritual writings.

Whenever I read of geniuses I think the same thing.. what a loss, they are so full of secular "learning".. but if only they would be full of spiritual knowledge..

If they were full of this and conquered the great enemy of pride of intellect.. what a gift they could be..

One thing I can never understand is why the subjects termed "secular" are considered to be unimportant.  We are soul and body, and we live in a material world and universe.  Yes, we are destined for Heaven, if we know, love, and serve God here on Earth, but there's absolutely nothing wrong with understanding the workings of the universe, and desiring to do so.  

How can understanding astronomy and physics, or the biochemistry of our bodies, or the workings of molecular genetics, or any other field of natural and physical science do anything other than glorify the Creator and His logic?  He choose to organize the universe according to patterns and laws and we need to understand these to some extent.

There is absolutely nothing inherently immoral with the pursuit of understanding in these fields, and it can very often be good.  In His wisdom, He gave each person his or her own talents, and for some, He endowed a capacity for scientific understanding.  

How can understanding astronomy and physics, or the biochemistry of our bodies, or the workings of molecular genetics, or any other field of natural and physical science do anything other than glorify the Creator and His logic?

Yes what Tele said.. ty..

It is amazing how secular teachers can make all this dry and dull as a bone. But then without God. . . History becomes dull, recording useless works, instead of the history of the saints..

Devotion and God should be fundamental to all studies, even the most naturally seemingly dry, such as mathematics..  wherein one can appreciate the perfection of God's design..

That said, subjects other than religious are, weighted against learning about religious matters, in that light unimportant. After all.. one's salvation, and after that one's place in Heaven forever, are most fundamentally determined by such direct study of God... the secular studies may reflect a particular vocation, and so follow.. but they are nevertheless, hardly the same..

So, like this..

'Happy the man to whom God has given the science of the saints. [Sap. x. 10.] Oh, how sublime the science which teaches us to know how to love God and to save our souls! Happy, says St. Augustine, is the man "who knows God, although he is ignorant of other things." They who know God, the love which he merits, and how to love him, stand not in need of any other knowledge. They are wiser than those who are masters of many sciences, but know not how to love God.'

St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

'Human affairs are fainter than a shadow; more deceitful than a dream. Youth fades more quickly than the flowers of spring; our beauty wastes with age or sickness. Riches are uncertain; glory is fickle. The pursuit of arts and sciences is bounded by the present life; the charm of eloquence, which all covet, reaches but the ear: whereas the practice of virtue is a precious possession for its owner, a delightful spectacle for all who witness it. Make this your study; so will you be worthy of the good things promised by the Lord.'

St. Basil the Great

'Men always seek to advance in, the knowledge of their secular profession, but are satiated with the mere rudiments of the science of the saints. In all their worldly pursuits, men are never satiated; but in virtue it is sufficient for them to have made a beginning.'

St. Jerome

An interesting article on a similar boy's school experience:

 http://cambridgeadvanced.org/wp-content/pdfs/rs-article-dec-2011.pdf