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When I was 9…
Posted by Kathy
January 22, 2009
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…I think I was still wondering where boogers came from, and whether the Smurfs would be able to outwit Gargamel yet again on Saturday morning.  I have since learned where boogers come from, but I do still wonder about those Smurfs.

You know what M. Lavinashree did while she was 9?  She passed the Microsoft Certified Professional Exam.  I’m not really sure what a Microsoft Certified Professional is, but the title does have the words “certified” and “professional” in it, so I’m sure it must be very impressive.

Anyway, Lavinashree’s achievement makes her the youngest person ever to pass the exam, beating the record previously held by a 10 year-old girl.  And Lavinashree doesn’t just have a thing for Microsoft.  Apparently, she’s been setting records since she was 3, when she recited all 1,300 couplets (that’s 2,600 lines) of a Tamil epic.  I know.  Pretty soon we’re going to have records being set by living wombs.  (Hey Marcus!  Get to it already, will ya?)

Now she’s preparing for the Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer Exam.  You know what I think the problem here is?  This poor girl has obviously never been introduced to the Smurfs.  Someone hook this sista up!

The link.

And now I’m curious.  What did y’all do when you were 9?  If the Smurfs are not part of your answer, that is okay.  It just means that I am, in fact, old.  ;)

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Emilia

January 22, 2009

lol Kathy you make me laugh, thanks for this :D


jessica f

January 22, 2009

this girl is CRAZY SMART. let’s see at nine years old….i think i was really into my little ponies, hello kitty,archie comics, and rainbow brite. I had absolutely NO fashion sense and rocked the purple, teal and magenta leggings! lol


Taylor

January 22, 2009

damn smartie :D
hahaha
like the candy but not….

umm when i was 9.. i was writing…
and read my first chapter book… 300 pages
the summer i got out of kindergarten…
idkk

now ive been dumbed down.. damn


Kathy

January 22, 2009

@ Emilia – Well your laughing thanks made me smile. So thank YOU. :)

@ jessica f – lol…I totally remember all of those things. And what do you mean no fashion sense? Teal, purple, and magenta leggings meant you were the bomb diggity yo. Holla!


Emma-Lu

January 23, 2009

My whole brain capacity included thinking about: ‘Tinkerbell, the Forest Family and Barbie’ when I was 9! This girl is highly smart!


ccb

January 23, 2009

oh gosh when i was 9, i was rolling in mud and dancing the macarena.

this kid is amazingly gifted.


Arelis

January 23, 2009

Me at 9 — barbies, legos, hide and seek, building clubhouses, playing with hamsters, silly putty, slap bracelets,TGIF (on ABC), SNICK (Are You Afraid of the Dark?…eee), troll dolls, everything little mermaid, beauty & the beast and aladdin!

I think that’s it… it’s a bit scary I still remember all that… :D


jessica f

January 23, 2009

@Kathy LOL – ahhh colored leggings… when i look back i think “WHAT WAS I THINKING?” lol! but i DID think i was the bomb in those hot pants!


MarilyneL

January 23, 2009

Totally Smurfs! And I’m 19, if that makes you feel younger :P That little girl reminds me of a little Indian boy about 10 who performed surgery…yeah.. this kids are geniuses.


G

January 23, 2009

Pretty sure I was still blaming all of the bad things I did on my imaginary friend at 9 :P Ok, so maybe that phase ended a wee bit earlier than that. I was actually doing what I do every night….TRYing TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD!


Auntie Kailin

January 23, 2009

Sorry, I had to say I was writing poetry at 9 and had my first poems published in literary publications. For some reason at 9, Smurfs and My Little Pony didn’t appeal to me. I started getting into girl stuff, gosh…when I was…in high school. The funny thing about young prodigies like this girl is that you kinda know early on about being a prodigy. Certain things just naturally come easier to you. You know about the article on my 2-year-old daughter in 100% Natural on GBD. Well, when she was 18 months old, she was already reading my grocery list. She just one day started reading words off anything and everything, which surprised me at first. Everyone who knows her are blown away by it at first. And I had to turn down requests for London to be on talk shows early on because I didn’t want her to be thought of by others as “different”. i.e. I want her to grow up with a normal happy childhood. And I sometimes feel like Clark Kent’s parents in that I don’t bring up my daughter’s gifts. But as she got older and is beginning to understand things, I want her to celebrate her uniqueness and gifts, rather than hide them. To display it and to openly talk about it to others will, in my belief, spur her on to her full potential in her gifts.

So, when I hear stories about a young prodigy being celebrated, I’m inspired. It shows the immense capacity we humans have to learn.

Oh – yes, I think since being 9, I’ve been dumbed down a bit, too, like TK has. After all, everyone knows 9 years old is like our peak. ha ha. of course I’m kidding. :)

Always,
KG


jessica f

January 23, 2009

@kailin – what did you do that helped your daughter read at such an early age? that is amazing to be able to read at less than 2 years of age. children really catch me off guard with how intelligent they are. prodigies are even more intriguing. thanks for sharing stories about your adorable baby!:)


Kathy

January 24, 2009

@ Arelis – Hahaha…slap bracelets!! I remember slap bracelets! Except they weren’t my thing because I was in high school when they were a fad. My younger brother and sister though…they were the slap happy generation. lol. Slap bracelets!

@ MarilyneL – lol…You’re 19. That does not, in fact, make me feel younger. Thanks for the thought though. ;)


Auntie Kailin

January 25, 2009

@JessicaF – thank you for your kind comments about my daughter. You are so sweet and a great FB friend :) Since you asked…I have written 10 books for early readers age 4 to 6 years and developed 2 DVDs based on that series to help young kids learn reading – the books and DVDs are called, Tiffany T. Series (for girls) and the Chris N’ Furr Series (for boys.) I just was amazed that my daughter learned reading before 2, though. I think my daughter is a very early reader because she’s surrounded by books all the time, and I make it a point to show her words. I actually did a ton of research into this and even studied different early ed systems when London was born. As a producer and a mom, I’m also currently working with an Emmy-winning co-producer in a new educational DVD series for kids, too, in this area.

@ Kathy – don’t feel old since you remember slap bracelets and Smurfs. I’m right there with you :) Between the 2 of us, gosh, we’re like 110 years old? And growing up in the 80’s probably wiped out most of our brain cells, too.

@ MarilyneL – you’re so sweet, my new FB friend and fan. I love how you’re so well-traveled and fluent in English and French. You share the same adventurous spirit I have at age 19. I’ll talk more to you later :)