從這篇新聞可以得知，其實教育可以更快速、更有效率的。

世界歷史上最年輕的大學生是 Michael Kearney :



美神童6歲讀大學

(明報) 08月 24日 星期五 05:05AM

【明報專訊】9歲的沈詩鈞成為本港最年輕的大學生，而世界上有不少比他更年輕入大學的神童。現年23歲的美國 神童卡尼（Michael Kearney），6歲入讀大學的社區書院，10歲在南阿拉巴馬大學取得人



類學學位，打入了健力士世界紀錄 大全，其後於14歲取得化學碩士學位，16歲便開始在田納西州的一間大學任教，17歲取得電腦科學碩士。



8 歲入讀南韓 仁荷大學的宋有根，是當地最年輕的大學生，現年10歲。他03年6歲時入讀資優學校，因學校課程太淺而決定另覓學校，兩年前花8個多月完成小學到高中所有 課程及完成公開試後，受到多間韓國 著名學府垂青，但其父母最後決定讓兒子入讀仁荷大學，因為大學特別為他實施一對一教學，可讓他發揮潛能。宋有根對數學和電腦科學最有興趣，長大後盼在人工 智能方面發展。



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Michael Kearney

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Kearney after winning Gold RushMichael Kevin Kearney (born January 18, 1984) is a former child prodigy known for setting several world records, and teaching college at the age of 17.



The son of a Japanese mother and a Caucasian father, he was schooled at home by his parents, especially his mother, and accelerated in his academic career. He was diagnosed with ADD and his parents declined to use the offered prescription of Ritalin.



He spoke his first words at four months. At the age of six months, he said to his pediatrician "I have a left ear infection" [1] and learned to read at the age of ten months. [2]



When Michael was four, he was given multiple-choice diagnostic tests for the Johns Hopkins precocious math program. Without having learned the material, Michael achieved a perfect score.



He finished high-school at age six, enrolled at Santa Rosa Junior College at the age of six years and seven months, from which he graduated at the age of eight with an Associate of Science in Geology.



He is listed in the Guinness Book as the world's youngest university graduate at the age of 10, receiving a bachelor's degree in anthropology from the University of South Alabama.



For a while, he was the world's youngest postgraduate and the holder of several Guinness world records, but the master's degree record was broken by Tathagat Avatar Tulsi. His 118-page master's thesis is entitled "Kinetic Isotope Effects of Thymidine Phosphorylase." His research is focused on an enzyme that could potentially slow or stop the growth of cancer cells without harming health. He graduated from Middle Tennessee State University with a master's degree in chemistry at the age of 14, and taught at Vanderbilt University also in Tennessee at 16. He received a second Master's degree in Computer Science from Vanderbilt when he was 17.



In October 2006, he became a finalist on the Mark Burnett/AOL quiz/puzzle game "Gold Rush", winning $100,000. In November 2006, in front of a national audience on Entertainment Tonight, he went on to win the grand prize of an additional $1,000,000.



His younger sister Maeghan is also a child prodigy.[3]



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