12-Year-Old Genius Goes to Morehouse College!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ก.พ. 2011
- This amazing African American student, 12-year-old Stephen Stafford, was primarily home-schooled by his mother. This mathematics and science prodigy was accepted to Morehouse College. He is currently in his second year and he is still excelling! Just think how many stories we've seen about the lack of academic performance of African American youth. This story is one we must all emulate.
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I had trouble in my Calculus II class at Morehouse at 21 and he's 12. Good job young man!
I am 12 Its easy for me
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Awesome accomplishment at such young age. His parents should be praised as well. Our kids need to see more young men like him. To know you can and will be great.
MY MAN! What a hard worker!
Great parents!!!
He was given a gift then he had great parents supporting him he couldn't fail
Way to go young black man. GREAT JOB
"Why does it matter that he is black?"
That's what I read a couple times in the comments. It shouldn't matter, but it does. Simply because racist like to make it seem as if all blacks are violent and unintelligent. So we have to highlight his race to show that this is what we are more than capable of. But I find it funny though. If he was doing something awful the first thing you'd see is: "He is BLACK" but since he is doing something amazing now people want to say "Why should his race matter?!" want to denote credit to his race subtly.
Tom Cat its an EXCELLENT outcome for him - the issue for minorities i think with education especially in mathematics is negative stereotypes in society (not only from SOME whites but SOME african americans as well). this could of had a huge negative impact on the child. The parents made a VERY good decision to home school to remove him from those that might bring him down - i thoroughly applaud them
Tom Cat because we always hear about the white children prodigies
tro that
+Cheshire Cat Exactly right. That is the reason. Then if you highlight it, you open yourself up to trolling. Damned if you do or don't....
Most of the time they show some smart white kid, that's why.
I really commend the family that has the time to pay attention to their child or children enough to discover what potential they have and how to keep it progressing. Avon family is still on a roll. I saw this about six months ago. The story mentioned that he was attending Morehouse College at age twelve, nothing about him being so profient in math and science or that he was home schooled. I think home schooling has proven that it really works. What say you family???
He is adorable! I wish I had fun with math too...Best of luck Stephen!
I LOVE this story!!! Kudos to everyone involved but mostly to this young man and his family. The sky is the limit.
This young man has a gift and this is Very inspiring to see how the Parents and His Sister invested their time like many relatives do in there family to help them Excell.
AWESOMESS !!
This is great post showing that if we have the time as parents to educate our children from home how much we impact on their learning and their future.
This family is a great inspiration! Education starts at home ALWAYS!
Good mother here! I love this! there are so many African American genius' thanks for putting this up i'll post many of them on facebook to share with the world
This kid is the black Jimmy Neutron
Jimmy Neutron fictional =insult to compare him to white fiction
I said , "Jimmy Neutron is fictional. ....."
+Thti Thet That isn't all you said.
Andrew Wallace - Lex Crux - Limey Pie gotta blast
NO. JIMMY. NUTRITION IS HIM
Great job young brother keep up the good work !
Mivek, U are so right!!
The 80 people that do not like it should get over it. The young man is smarter than you. What is your hang up anyway?
Peace, Thank you for sharing, And it's great to see parents who know what the difference is and meet the need of your children. Because this system would've tried to dumb him down. Thank you again and much success in your program to create a school for such person. Remain Blessed.
I was an advanced student as well. The public school system had to make up classes for my cousin and I as well as a few other students when I was in elementary school because we tested into 11 grade and beyond coursework. I wish more people were in to home courses back then because I got bored with the traditional teaching methods as I got older and fell off track. I am glad to see this.
Congrats to this young brother! I hope he succeeds in whatever he chooses to do in his future. I also hope he continues to have have a thick skin, because there will always be negative individuals who try to diminish your accomplishments(as evidenced by some of these comments). I seriously doubt that any of his bigoted critics were being considered for college admission prior to reaching puberty.
SPEEDKICKS BOIIIII
That's right, young brotha!
I sure wish videos LIKE THIS would go viral on WSHH...
it's very uplifting to hear this story and to define the narrative
Member that show smart guy?? yeah thats him..
@TheSushiraw NAW PEOPLE WITH COMMON SENSE
Amazing !! This is why I want to home school my Daughter! He is a Great Story!
Yo thats Speedkicks. He is a very scientific gamer. I had a feeling he was a genius buy his quick playstyle and character choice.
This is beautiful, this young man is the picture of SUCCESS !!
Great video, hope to see more videos like this , to be the rule and not the exception. Too many of our kids are encouraged into sports to realize their potential when in fact THIS IS THE WAY TO GO. Kudo's to him and his parents, great success to him
I think he is wonderful! it's hard when you know your child is capable to do more but the schools don't see it. I applaud this young man and his wonderful parents who saw a need in their child to further excel him.
Great story...thanks for posting!
My hats off to the parents of this young kid. Job well done!
Very Impressive Young Man Keep up the good work. We need more educated brothers like you.
God bless you Stephen, and your family!
This is a great story! I'm happy to see a young man excel. I think it's unfortunate that certain people only came on here to make negative comments. That speaks volumes about the person who made the comments.
Now this is what I'm talking about. Our children are our responsibility, and it's important for us to pay attention to the type of learning environment that we put them in. Kudos to the mother and sister for being such a great influence in his academic success.
I remember when I was in college, this kid was in my bio class and she was 15 years old, I was like OMG I feel so bad but she was smart as hell. She always got good grades on the exams. She scored the highest out of the entire class.
how's life? its been 10 years lool I was 14 when you made this comment😭
Just looked this kid up. He's 18 now and working as a developer at BlueWolf which is a global technology consulting firm owned by IBM.
I thought he played Tekken
what a fantastic news
I am happy to see such a fine young man in our society.
amazing. children are the future, this boy is truly phenomenal.
What a beautiful mind he is going to do great things in the future he has a great family support the skies are the limit
God bless u all. He is such a smart kid. I hope he becomes something big at a young age
this is great, he's a true hero and I salute his efforts.
Why in the description does it say "amazing African American student" why not just say amazing 12-year-old student...
Because African American kids are STEREOTYPED as being :dumb, ignorant, on drugs, in gangs, etc. (all created by the racist media) and this young man is the opposite of that. So yes, we proudly say AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENT
Because skin color has no barring on intellect.
what does it matter?
Get off the race card, there is a much deeper point is being made, than someones skin color.
in the future, when we'll have colonies on other planets, will you still be bringing this issue up? what if he was green or purple or any other color.?
this is why we still have this race problem. too many people are offended by how someone looks.
judge a person by their actions not race.
C'mmon
ps. he is NOt african american (unless he was born in Africa)
He is an American - period
Geez
Just be proud that we have such wonderful, smart people among us 9average Joes'. :)
Peace
Race card ?? REALLY ? Well let me tell you something about this "race card" If this was a video about a BLACK teen committing a crime, NOBODY would say "why can't it be just a teen committing a crime" but when it comes to something positive, then people like YOU want to bring up the RACE CARD, sorry, YOU CAN'T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS, so as long as RACE is bought up when it comes to crime, you better be damn sure that I'm going to bring it up when it comes to something POSITIVE, get it now ?? (of course not)
Have a nice day
Magic9053 Thank you very much for responding back, Magic9053.
I do appreciate you point of view. and unfortunately, you are correct for the most part. and it is very sad that it is this way. But, to say that, I would not make a similar statement, is to assume, that you know, what I would say. and on this point you are wrong - I WOULD (and do) ABSOLUTELY make the same statement!
(unless the perpetrator got away and he/she needs to be found, then of course, you'd need to make all details possible to find the offender.)
take care and God Bless.
Nic & Carla cause a majority of un educated people are African Americans since they grow up in poor neighborhoods and go to the hood life
Awsome.
These parents need to be recognized. Plus they should share this talent with the community. If one could do this many more could be 12yr old Geniuses. Great story!
This is so positive thank you Black Youth!!!!
Excellent
Fantastic! Please keep him safe!
Wow your post is so shrt but ooh so powerful, that it brings tears to my eyes sigh.I cry on you stating Please keep him safe! Guess I've failed in keeping my genius 10 yr. old grandson, QUINCI AKA QMANTHEGAMER Protected! Yea Quinci was 9 yrs old for 6 months in 6th grade (skipped 2 x's kindergarten & 4th grade,need to be in 7th currently @ 10 yrs. old) at Rogue SweetWater MiddleSchool in Gwinnett County, where ROGUE Math Teacher Wilcox made a Terrorist Death Threat to my Qman because he got a math question wrong, she states,( U are dead! U gonna die tonight, Ugonna die tonight,! with pointed hand like a gun, in his little face sigh!) Glad teachers in Dekalb County got better sense than these idiot clown teachers & Gwinnett County Board of Ed Administration along with DFYS and the Justice Systemwho all conspired to snatch Quinci from the Halls Of Justice! Based on the lie of the Lying Principal,Eason that she felt threatened via a text, that was sent 2 months prior to courtdate and to numerous people (this is the new way of utilizing,"Stand Your Gound Law" when a certain group of folks are able to feel threatened in their warped minds, and annihilate/jail my 10 yr. old genius babyboy/kid/Quinci from his family, who loves him dearly = Trayvon Martin !) Are we in Jim Crow? Apartheid? Where's the Humanity in all this? Where's the Exeptionalism, that this country claim to be? How is it that currently it's up for debate about saving the Ukraine's! What about saving QUINCI? ADDRESS THE REAL ISSUE OF ROGUE/FRAUD GWINNETT COUNTY SCHOOLS! & THE WHOLE 9 YRDS CAN WE DO THAT? THIS IS A LIVING NIGHTMARE! I WOULDN'T WISH THIS T ON NO ONE! IT'S SO CRUEL sigh! FREE QUINCI ANOTHER GENIUS BLACKBOY TO BE PROUD OF!
Great stuff Morehouse Man!!!
Great WORK
Stephen You Are Awesome! Keep up the Genius Work!
Good for this kid. Nice positive video
Amazing....Good Job lil Homie...
well done kid. You are an amazing person and I am pleased to see no one is comparing you to Einstein which seems endemic of the UK press when covering high IQ stories.
What an amazing little boy. And thumbs up for his mother (and sister not to forget)!
I will be starting my first year teaching highschool math this upcoming september and I truly believe that there are numerous children out there who are able to do advanced math at a young age but nobody is aware of it
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Very good! Keep it up Stephen! You are very smart. I also like the Speak Spanish Now series.
I LOVE to hear stories like this! So many people think that all Blacks are ignorant. Since no one has met all the Black people on the planet, that is certainly an ignorant assumption.
This is so much more uplifting than hearing "12 year-old boy is arrested for robbing liquor store", or something like that. God Bless you Stephen, and your mom for motivating you!
All starts with the parents. You don’t need to have the same resources as this young man’s parents but you need to be as proactive and caring and you’ll get these types of results from young children
why cant SOO many parents be this good, I really respect the parents more than the kids.
Amazingly beautiful to a young black man inspiring the world
He has a beautiful smile. Very articulate.
Excellent, you go boy, Its, in your blood, definitely
Thank god, this is fantastic.
Great job by the parents to recognize what their child's talent. Any person with a negative comment about an accomplishment like this is definitely has personal issues.
He is so lucky to have parents who take such an interest in him, He'll go far...
he is very smart 12 at more house that is a very smart boy
THIS IS BEAUTIFUL....WOW
I would love to speak with his mother. I homeschool my young son as of now
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What a very smart young man! It sounds much better when you dont add the color cause either way he is very smart, we can't deny that.
Good job! 👏🏾
hmmm..beating the stereotypes are we?? WELL IT'S ABOUT TIME!! you keep up the good work kid.
Geniouses are everywhere, but most of them find it difficult to communicate their ideas because they are introverts. This little chap seems so outgoing! I have a feeling he's going to be important to the world.
I struggled with calculus when I was in college, it was so hard.
Good for him! May The Lord watch over him and continue to bless him!
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!! this is awesome
Awesome stuff
Wow, this young brother said he don't view the people, he views the lesson!
How could you thumbs down this video?
Given the right invironment and coaching, ALL will do better than average
It's great that his family is so involved, and that he progressed into college early. I was nowhere near his level of intelligence, but found that many teachers have problems dealing with children whom they know are smarter than they are.
Definitely not all of them, and those who aren't can be very inspiring. But having to suffer through a class where you know the teacher doesn't like you because of your intelligence is not fun at all.
Excellent.
i'm very proud of you honey! and your family! great INSPIRATIONA L video. thanks
Is this Franklin from My Wife & Kids?...No I'm just kiddin, this is great. Im happy for this lil fella. RBGs!
Looks like he had quite the advantage with a mom as an "accelration coach".
Good for this kid, and good on the family!
I'm homeschooled too :) I'm also 12 and I am going to start a college class tomorrow. But it's not that advanced it's only intermediate algebra
now you're seventeen.
How’s life for you now?
I love this
That was Awesome.
Great job!
We need more mothers like her in the world.
Can't believe this is Speedkicks
Love it!
AMAZING!!
Fascinating
Who would not like this wow PraiseYah Young King HalleluYah HalleluYah HalleluYah YahBless
@ Andrew P, so he was valedictorian. Was he twelve?
Good on you young man!
Wow, so impressive. Morehouse is so difficult and is full of geniuses.
damn, I'm actually just hearing about the school
How low are the standards for Morehouse college. The 6th grade school I attended in Texas had pre-algebra and Algebra.
Christopher Briscoe
You realise Algebra goes up into college right? There's more than 3 levels of Algebra. Btw this video said preCalculus. Unless your 6th grade class offers that too...
Very refreshing to see something other than reports of African Americans suffering. Good for this kid.
My son is the same way he has aways had good grades in school A's and B's...mostly A's....the state of Florida school board wanted him too go too the best. School they paid for it....but when he met a girl after high school then he started college only one more year left in his sr year of college he dropped out my heart drop
But God bless every child.
beautiful!