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AMAZIAN Jr. Explains What’s Happening In Egypt

Nina is a little girl growing up in Japan who somehow has a pretty firm grasp of what’s going on between the President and the “No Money Persons” in Egypt:

[via HuffPo]

For more videos of Nina on less political topics, go to her YouTube channel here.

Filed under: Adorable, Adorbs, Amazian Jr., Cute Kids, Cute Overload, Egypt, Egypt Protesters, Egypt Revolution, Hapa, Japan, Little Amazians, Little Girls, Mixed Race Kids, Mixed-Race Babies, Mubarak, Nina in Japan, No Money Persons, President Mubarak, Revolutions, Smart Kids, World News

Quotasian of the Day

From a recent Dallas Morning News story about white, Latino, and black parents sending their children to Chinese school:

And Jamal Abu, a black student at Dallas Chinese School, started taking algebra classes there after his mother determined he needed extra help. Jamal, a freshman at John Horn High School in Mesquite, said he’s performing better as a result of his weekend classes.

And it doesn’t feel weird to be a non-Asian at Dallas Chinese School, he said.

“There’s no stereotype, as long as you just don’t be making fun of Chinese people, because Chinese people are kinda cool,” said Jamal, 14.

Somebody give this kid a TV network to run.

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Filed under: Chinese School, Don't Be Making Fun of Chinese People, I Believe That Children Are the Future, Kids Say the Darnedest Things, Smart Kids, Studying on Weekends, Texas, Texasians

AMAZIAN OF THE WEEK! William Yuan

Name: William Yuan

Hails from: Portland, Oregon

Occupation: Student (More accurately, 7th grader)

Known for: improving and developing the technology of a three-dimensional solar cell that absorbs both UV and visible light, perhaps taking an integral step towards greater cell efficiency. As a result of this project, the Davidson Institute for Talent Developmentmade him a fellow (an honor typically given to graduate-level researchers) and garnered him both a $25k scholarship and a trip to the Library of Congress to receive the award.

Jen and I often brag about being 12-year-old geniuses, but uh, compared to William, we might as well have been dropping acid and getting groped in the girls’ bathroom throughout our junior high careers. He rules!

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Thanks, Julia!

Filed under: Amazian Jr., Fellowships, Oregoniasians, Science is Neat, Seventh Grade? Seriously?, Smart Kids, We Can Barely Wrap Our Heads Around Soft Cell Let Alone This, William Yuan