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Great Achievements by Teenagers

2008-12-31T00:14:49Z

TitusL: The fact that the achievements were done by kids younger than teen years is MORE remarkable, please don't censor

Teenagers throughout history have had many great achievements in the fields of art, culture, science and technology. This may be because they are able to think in new and innovative ways, or their thinking is not hidebound by discredited nostrums; it may be attributable to great teachers and great schooling - including homeschooling. It may simply be the emergence of God-given talent at an early age. Biologically the rate of brain development, and according to some studies [[IQ]], reportedly peak in smart individuals just prior to their teenage years.<ref>http://articles.latimes.com/2006/mar/30/science/sci-brain30</ref>

==Achievements, listed by age at which they were made==

* '''7''' - Yehudi Menuhin gives his first solo violin performance with the San Francisco Symphony in 1923.
* '''8''' - [[Pablo Picasso]] paints his "Picador".
* '''8''' - [[Frederic Chopin]] plays his first public piano performance, having already authored two polonaises (G minor and B flat major) at age 7.
* '''10''' - [[Michael Kearney]], '''home schooled''', is the world's youngest university graduate earning a bachelor's degree in anthropology from the University of South Alabama. At age 17, began a teaching career at college. <ref>[http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080617185918AAum3vj Who is the YOUNGEST person 2 graduate college?] Yahoo Answers</ref>
* '''12''' - [[Blaise Pascal]] had secretly worked out the first twenty-three propositions of Euclid by himself.
* '''12''' - [[Jesus]] presents His wisdom in the temple in [[Jerusalem]].
* '''13''' - [[John]] wrote the first draft of the [[Gospel of John]], the greatest written work of all time.<ref>[[Mystery:Was John a Child?]]</ref>
* '''13''' - [[Joan of Arc]] was inspired and led [[France]] five years later to victory over the English in the [[Hundred Years War]]; was martyred at age 19.<ref>http://www.discoverfrance.net/France/History/Joan_of_Arc.shtml</ref>
* '''13''' - [[Anne Frank]] began writing her diary, later published as "Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl."
* '''13''' - [[Bill Gates]] began programming computers. <ref>[http://inventors.about.com/od/gstartinventors/a/Bill_Gates.htm Bill Gates - Biography and History] About.com</ref>
* '''14''' - [[David]] slays [[Goliath]].
* '''14''' - [[Bobby Fischer]] became an International [[Chess]] Grandmaster.
* '''14''' - [[Mozart]] wrote the opera, "Mitridate Rè di Ponto."
* '''14''' - [[Nadia Comaneci]] "achieved in her sport what no [[Olympian]], male or female, ever had before: perfection."<ref>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/events/1996/olympics/daily/july25/flashback.html</ref>
* '''15''' - [[Louis Braille]] invented the [[Braille]] system.
* '''15''' - [[Christopher Paolini]] writes the first draft of his [[Eragon]] trilogy which is published when he is 19.
* '''16''' - Jean-François Champollion, can speak a dozen languages and delivers a paper on the Coptic language to the Grenoble Academy. By 20, he can speak another 13 languages and at 32 he deciphers the [[Rosetta Stone]].
* '''16''' - Boy sailor Jack Cornwall, of HMS Chester, is awarded a [[posthumous]] [[VC]] for gallantry at the [[Battle of Jutland]].
* '''17*''' - [[Mary]] accepts [[God]]'s will to conceive [[Jesus]] by the [[Holy Spirit]], and gives birth nine months later.<ref>Mary's exact age is not known, but she was old enough to marry under Jewish law and was almost certainly a teenager.[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15464b.htm]</ref>
* '''17''' - Shawn Fanning develops the first large-scale peer-to-peer file sharing program, Napster
* '''18''' - [[Mary Shelley]] writes Frankenstein (The Modern Prometheus), later published when she was 21.
* '''18''' - [[Gary Kasparov]], considered the greatest [[chess]] player ever, won the [[U.S.S.R.]] championship.
* '''19''' - Captain Albert Ball, [[VC]], MC, DSO & 2 bars, commences his career as a fighter pilot. By the time he is killed, aged 20, in 1917, he has become one of the [[First World War]]'s greatest air aces, accounting for at least 44 [[German]] aircraft.
* '''19''' - was the average age of front-line [[US]] service personnel fighting to defend democracy in [[Indochina]] during the [[Vietnam War]].
* '''19''' - [[Evariste Galois]] develops [[group theory]], and wrote it out completely on the eve of his death at age 20; it took old [[mathematicians]] a century to comprehend it.
* '''19''' - [[John D. Rockefeller]] starts a new company, turning an enormous profit in its first year, and became the most influential businessman in history.<ref>http://www.notablebiographies.com/Pu-Ro/Rockefeller-John-D.html</ref>
* '''19''' - Mark Zuckerberg develops Facebook, the leading social networking system for young people on the [[internet]]
* '''20''' - Carl Friedrich Gauss makes his first mathematical discoveries, which will lead to the completion of "Disquisitiones Arithmeticae", his magnum opus, at the age of 21.
* '''20''' - Willis Carrier invents air conditioning

(add more, sorted by age and then alphabetically)

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==External Links==
*[http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/top-10-child-prodigies/ Top 10 Child Prodigies]

Talk:Sulu

2008-12-30T23:54:57Z

TitusL: /* Suggestion */

== Suggestion ==
With all respect to the original author, I am wondering if this page should be included into the existing Star Trek page? --[[User:TK|'''₮K''']][[User_Talk:TK|/Talk!]] 18:24, 29 December 2008 (EST)
: You don't explain why, so I'll assume that it's to avoid lots of small articles about individual characters?
: I don't agree with it being on the [[Star Trek]] page. Conservapedia wants concise articles, and the Star Trek article is already a fair size (in fact I think the religion section should be removed to a separate article).
: I support this article staying, but an alternative is to have a single article covering all the main characters ("Star Trek characters", "Characters of Star Trek"?) rather than separate articles for each.
: [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 18:58, 29 December 2008 (EST)

::You surmised correctly, Philip. I agree, as a compromise, a single linked page to the Star Trek main article, detailing the characters. Perhaps detailing the main characters of all three Star Trek series. And I also agree with your suggestion about putting the religion discussion onto its own, linked page. --[[User:TK|'''₮K''']][[User_Talk:TK|/Talk!]] 19:07, 29 December 2008 (EST)
::: There's been ''five'' live-action series. I'm not sure whether putting them all on the one page is a good idea; one page per series might be better (although a few overlap series).
::: As a minimum, the page(s) should contain details of all the regular characters:
:::{| class="wikitable"
! Original series || Next Generation ||DS9 || Voyager || Enterprise
|- style="vertical-align:top"
|
*[[Captain Kirk|Kirk]]
*[[Spock]]
*[[Dr. McCoy|McCoy]]
*[[Scotty]]
*[[Sulu]]
*[[Uhura]]
*[[Chekov]]
|
*Picard
*Riker
*La Forge
*Yar
*Worf
*Beverly Crusher
*Troi
*Data
*Wesley Crusher
|
*Benjamin Sisko
*Odo
*Worf
*Dax
*Jake Sisko
*O'Brien
*Quark
*Bashir
*Kira
|
*Janeway
*Chakotay
*Torres
*Kes
*Paris
*Neelix
*the doctor
*Tuvok
*Seven of Nine
*Kim
|
*Archer
*Phlox
*T'Pol
*Reed
*Mayweather
*Sato
*Tucker
|}
:::And I've missed a few (including at least two from Next Gen). Plus there's a number of other semi-regular ones that could be included. Putting all them on one page is going to make for a large page, even given only a paragraph or two each.
::: [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 10:10, 30 December 2008 (EST)

Great contribution, Philip! Perhaps, since you can, you will add that as a template once others read this and add the missing players? --[[User:TK|'''₮K''']][[User_Talk:TK|/Talk!]] 16:06, 30 December 2008 (EST)

: If we have separate articles on (most or) all those characters, a nav-box template would be a good idea, but unless/until then, I'm not sure there's much point. [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 18:31, 30 December 2008 (EST)

::Sometimes I am obtuse, to be sure, but then I don't understand the reason for your work above. Anyway, as you wish, Philip. --[[User:TK|'''₮K''']][[User_Talk:TK|/Talk!]] 18:52, 30 December 2008 (EST)
:::May I add a few? Next Gen: Q, Guinan. DS9: Nog, Rom, Female Changeling, Weyoun (post-Season 5), Gul Dukat. Enterprise: Degra (Season 3).-[[User:TitusL|TitusL]] 18:54, 30 December 2008 (EST)

== Homosexuality ==

I can't find the rule right now, and perhaps we have never adequately documented it (so the following may not be the ''exact'' criteria), but we don't include information such as a person being homosexual unless ''both'' of the following criteria are satisfied:
* That their homosexuality is certain.
* That their homosexuality is a defining aspect of their life, such as them being a homosexual activist.
As far as I'm aware, the second of these points at least is not the case here, which is why I've reverted the claim a second time.

[[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 19:47, 29 December 2008 (EST)
:He's been on a gay speaking tour. Is that enough to satisfy #2?[http://www.georgetakei.com/hrc.asp] [[User:RodWeathers|- Rod Weathers]] 19:57, 29 December 2008 (EST)
:: Perhaps so. [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 05:42, 30 December 2008 (EST)
:::He recently took part in a UK reality TV series (set in the Australian rain forest) in which he openly prosyletised for his particular orientation. [[User:Bugler|Bugler]] 05:50, 30 December 2008 (EST)

== Added info ==

Since this is an article about Sulu, should we really be adding personal info about George Takei? I mean, it makes sense to say Sulu was played by "openly homosexual actor George Takei," but all the information about Takei's "marriage" is terribly out of place. [[User:LiamG|LiamG]] 02:05, 30 December 2008 (EST)

*On reflection, Liam, I agree. I didn't exactly see the linkage and article about the real person, George Takei, when I added it.....just read the discussion about his being Gay, which I thought everyone on the planet knew by now, and had a link about the "marriage". I will remove the extra information, and thanks for bringing it up! --[[User:TK|'''₮K''']][[User_Talk:TK|/Talk!]] 02:26, 30 December 2008 (EST)