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Young World
Beyond his years
JAIDEEP SHENOY
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Computers at two, what next?
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MANGALORE
At two, when most his age break either their plastic bats or dolls, he was busy tapping the key board and handling a mouse. Seven years later, when his peers are busy coping with their fourth standard syllabus, he finds himself matching wits with students four years his senior in standard VIII.
Many fans
This wonder kid is Mohammad Yusuf ‘Swaroop’, a standard VIII student of Beary’s Public School, Mangalore. Incidentally Dr. Heggade is just one among the many eminent personalities who has recognised this young talent. Another fan of Mohammad Yusuf, according to his father, Mohammad Rafique, is M. Mohan Alva, Chairman of Moodbidri based Alva’s Education Trust. Eminent art teacher, Gopadkar, has taken this creative genius under his wings and is honing his talent in this area. His talent to grasp any issue at just one go or reading continues to amaze his family.A voracious reader, Yusuf likes reading both fact and fiction. Incidentally, the last book that he read was “Alice in Wonderland”.
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