rebelling against low expectations
When we think or talk about doing hard things, it’s easy to think only about the big stuff. If we assume being a rebelutionary means fighting slavery, digging wells in Africa, running a political campaign, or writing a book, then it is hard to know where to begin! But if our goal is to glorify God — to point other people to Him and show more of what He can do—then our first priority is to be...
(New York Times) — Is advanced technical knowledge necessary to become an inventor? Look at the story of Katherine Bomkamp, and you will see that it isn’t. Ms. Bomkamp, 20, came up with the idea behind the Pain Free Socket, a prosthetic device that is intended to ease phantom limb pain in amputees. The device, now awaiting a patent, works by applying heat to the amputee’s joint socket through...
(KTVI) – Jaylen Bledsoe is a 15-year-old sophomore at Hazelwood West High School who started his own tech company. He sat down with John Pertzborn to explain how he starting building a company when he was only 12. He plans to attend Harvard after he graduates from high school and will be a presenter for a local youth entrepreneurship nonprofit Independent Youth at their annual TrepStart Day in...
(Uptown) — Many of today’s household names in technology began their companies young. Steve Jobs was 21-years-old when Apple Computers was born, and Mark Zuckerburg started Facebook after his sophomore year in college. For 15-year-old Jaylen Bledsoe, there’s still plenty of time to join their ranks. The high school sophomore founded Bledsoe Technologies just three years ago, and the global web...
(HuffPo) — Come across the artwork of 14-year-old Zev Hoover, and two thoughts are likely to run through your mind: 1. His photography is stunning and 2. How does he do that? Lucky for fans of his art, the talented Massachusetts teen appeared on “Good Morning America” on Monday, where he explained how he creates his fantasy-like images. “I take a picture of the background, and...
(Boston Globe) — Sometimes, the world can seem overwhelming. Overbearing. If only you were tiny enough to build a house out of cards and climb inside, or escape to a miniature treehouse suspended between stalks of broccoli. Or better yet, just fly away. Fold a giant paper airplane, then grasp its thin fuselage for dear life and sail across a field into summertime. Such is Zev Hoover’s fanciful...
(Decatur Daily) – On her first trip in April to a remote Ugandan village, Kristiana Puckett, 18, walked in front of her car as it motored along footpaths and helped push bat-filled bushes out of the way. Then she strolled behind the car, joining her mother, Nicole Puckett, two native women, her friend, Susan Acen, and her mother, while a man named Moses drove. The duties this time weren’t...
(HuffPo) — Anti-GMO activist Rachel Parent got in a spirited debate with Kevin O’Leary on CBC’s “The Lang And O’Leary Exchange” Wednesday night. Parent, who scored the debate after a speech she gave critical of O’Leary’s comments about GMOs was featured on HuffPost Canada, argued genetically-modified foods should be labelled in Canada and the United...
(TIME) — Gabrielle Turnquest passed Britain’s bar exam last week, making the 18-year-old the youngest person to do so in the 600-year history of the exam. “I just really like finishing things before other people do,” she says. “I don’t do well with breaks or vacations,” added the teen, who credits her mother for encouraging her to focus on school while she was growing up. While the average Briton...
(PopSci) — Two summers ago, Easton LaChappelle thought it would be fun to build a robotic arm controlled wirelessly using a glove. LaChappelle, then 14, knew nothing about electronics, programming, or robots—but he was bored and desperate for a challenge. So over the next couple of years, the teen, now a high school junior, toiled in his cramped bedroom workshop in Mancos, Colorado, ironing out...
rebelling against low expectations
