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Alia Sabur
Meet the youngest college professor in history

For most people, learning is a slow, steady process, but for Alia Sabur of New York City, it's been child's play. Alia's parents recognized very early that their infant daughter was bright. But When she began talking and reading at eight month, they knew she had very special abilities. By the age of five, Alia had finished her elementary school reading program, and at age 10, she started college.

For her parents, allowing her to start college at such a young age wasnot an easy decision. But the local high schools hesitated to enroll her, believing Alia was too advanced for their curricula. So she enrolled at the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1999. For years later, Alia graduated with highest honors and began working on her master's and then doctorate, which she completed by 16! The Guinness Book of World Records finally took notice of thie amazing young woman on February 19, 2008. That's when she was hired by Konkuk University in South Korea, making her youngest college professor in history!





bright adj. -> smart 聰明的
eg: Stan's young son is very bright and learn new things very quickly.



enroll v. -> enter/register 入學/登記
en 使進入
roll 名冊
eg: After working this year, Dora hopes to enorll in the university next year.
eg: The school will start to enroll students in July.
eg: He enrolled(登記) in the Calculus(微積分) class.
eg: Sandy was enrolled(招募) as a member of the Math Club.

curricula n. 課程 ( curriculum 的複數 )
eg: Next semester, the schools in our city are adding Japanese to their curricula.
eg: The math curriculum was developed by many experts in the field.
eg: The school curricula will be revised each school year.

take notice 注意到
eg: The boss took notice of all the extra hours I've been working and gave me a raise!
eg: The audience started to take notice of the young actress after her black box movie got good reviews.
eg: The professor finally began to take notice of Henry's hard work.

child's play 易如反掌


Guinness Book of World Records n. 金式世界紀錄


doctorate n. 博士學位
eg: He earned his doctorate in computer science. 他獲得了資訊工程博士學位


//=== Chat room ===//
professor
Professor Li

doctor -> a person has earned doctor degree or Ph.D.
Dr. Li


teacher -> it's not a title. 不是稱謂
不能稱李老師 Teacher Li (X)
李老師(男) -> Mr. Li (O)
李老師(女) -> Ms. Li (O)
male teacher -> Sir
female teacher -> Miss


//=== Did you know ===//
Alia Sabur broke the record for the youngest person to be hired as a college professor. The last person to earn the title was Colin Maclaurin in 1717. He was a former student of Isaac Newton.



//=== World's Youngest Professor : Alia Sabur ===//


Alia Sabur的事蹟
1. 拿到黑帶跆拳道
2. 11歲orchestras演奏會
3. 破Colin Maclaurin所創的紀錄

Alia Sabur選擇從事教學，留在校園的原因：
1. 喜愛交學
2. 使別人改變自己
3. ???