rebelling against low expectations
We stumbled across this video the other day and were blown away. Who says teenagers can’t understand, study, and get excited about complex, abstract topics? Who says we’re only able to handle the latest celebrity gossip, pop song lyrics, and Internet memes? VIDEO: If you can’t watch the embedded YouTube video above, you can check out the video on Wimp.com by clicking here. If...
At the end of August, we posted a heart-wrenching plea from seventeen-year-old McKennaugh Kelley, asking, even begging for us to help two disabled Ukrainian orphans get adopted. You not only responded with compassion, you were moved to action, sharing the article around the Internet, pledging money towards adoptions expenses, and praying, praying, praying. Here’s an update from McKennaugh:...
Do small hard things really count? To answer this question, take out the word small. Do hard things really count? Of course! Remember, small doesn’t mean easy. We should still be stepping outside our comfort zones, going above and beyond expectations, and doing what is right, even if our actions don’t seem all that impressive to most people. Why? Because big or small, the hard things God calls us...
(Mirror) — Not many people can claim to have changed the world but for one lucky group of teenagers, they may well get that chance. The winners and finalists from the Google Science Fair 2013 were announced last night with young people from across the globe gaining plaudits for their futuristic sci-fi, medical and technology-based ideas. Youngsters aged 13-18 from more than 120 countries entered...
(Tennessean) — Nearly a year ago, Savannah Blaylock and Samantha Laubacher left a youth retreat with a simple charge: “Find something you’re not OK with and do something about it.” Then high school juniors, Blaylock and Laubacher were inspired by Brad Montague, co-producer of the Kid President video series, who spoke at the retreat. He reminded them that while they were not yet adults, children...
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...
rebelling against low expectations
