Fifteen-year-old high
school student Jack Andraka has created a pancreatic cancer test that is 168
times faster and more than 1,000 times less expensive than the gold standard in
the field. He has applied for a patent for his test and is now carrying out
further research at Johns Hopkins University in the US city of Baltimore.
And he did it by using Google.
He said the idea came to him
when he was "chilling out in biology class". He was reading an article instead of working
on an essay. His teacher came along, reprimanded him and confiscated the
science journal.
His teacher must really
feel ( awfully ) great now.
If all kids were
supported by teachers to ask questions , do the research as part of
project-based learning there would be more Jack Andrakas and more fulfilled teachers.
Yesterday Johnny Okoboko (15) skipped school and took a walk down the street. There he found a 100 dollar bill - the start of a fortune that will buy him a glorious academic career.
ReplyDeleteMore kids like Johnny should be allowed to skip school and walk down streets in their own way.
You must feel (awfully) great after posting yet another nonsensical generalization.