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Brainy 2-year-old gets into Mensa
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http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2009/04/30/harrison.uk.2.year.old.mensa.itn
Two Year-Old Girl Becomes Youngest Member Of Mensa
April 30, 2009 by tanya
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elise_tan_robertTwo year-old, Elise Tan Robert, has become the youngest ever member of the high IQ club Mensa.
The brainy toddler is able to name 35 capital cities, recite the phonetic alphabet, and count up to 10 in Spanish. She can also spell her name out loud, read the words mummy and daddy, say the alphabet off by heart, and name shapes.
She has an IQ of 156, which is higher than the former Countdown mathematically whiz, Carol Vorderman, who is also a member of the elite society. Other well known members include Sir Jimmy Savile and Sir Clive Sinclair.
To be considered for Mensa membership, a candidate must show that their IQ ranks in the top 2% of the population.
Normally, Mensa will only consider testing children above the ages of 10 years-old. Out of the 24,000 members in the UK and Ireland, only 900 are under 18 years-old.
They decided to accept Elise into the society based on intelligence tests which showed that she was in the top 0.2% of her age nationally.
Her mother, Louise, 28, from London, said she knew that her daughter was ‘different’ from the moment she was born. She was a very curious child who spoke her first word when five months-old and was walking from eight and a half months.
“She just says things and you have no idea where she got it from.†Louise told the Daily Mail.
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Check out her video
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2009/04/30/harrison.uk.2.year.old.mensa.itn
Two Year-Old Girl Becomes Youngest Member Of Mensa
April 30, 2009 by tanya
Filed under: News
elise_tan_robertTwo year-old, Elise Tan Robert, has become the youngest ever member of the high IQ club Mensa.
The brainy toddler is able to name 35 capital cities, recite the phonetic alphabet, and count up to 10 in Spanish. She can also spell her name out loud, read the words mummy and daddy, say the alphabet off by heart, and name shapes.
She has an IQ of 156, which is higher than the former Countdown mathematically whiz, Carol Vorderman, who is also a member of the elite society. Other well known members include Sir Jimmy Savile and Sir Clive Sinclair.
To be considered for Mensa membership, a candidate must show that their IQ ranks in the top 2% of the population.
Normally, Mensa will only consider testing children above the ages of 10 years-old. Out of the 24,000 members in the UK and Ireland, only 900 are under 18 years-old.
They decided to accept Elise into the society based on intelligence tests which showed that she was in the top 0.2% of her age nationally.
Her mother, Louise, 28, from London, said she knew that her daughter was ‘different’ from the moment she was born. She was a very curious child who spoke her first word when five months-old and was walking from eight and a half months.
“She just says things and you have no idea where she got it from.†Louise told the Daily Mail.
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