11 year old US master

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Clive Blackburn

11 year old US master

Post by Clive Blackburn » Wed May 13, 2015 7:57 am

Has anybody heard of Carissa Yip? Sounds like one to watch for the future (the video is worth watching).

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-32618139

John McKenna

Re: 11 year old US master

Post by John McKenna » Wed May 13, 2015 9:23 am

Ian Kingston noted it yesterday in a rather long-running thread -

http://www.ecforum.org.uk/viewtopic.php ... 27#p156227

So, highlighting it here is a good idea.

Clive Blackburn

Re: 11 year old US master

Post by Clive Blackburn » Wed May 13, 2015 10:01 am

Oh sorry, I hadn't seen that post

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Re: 11 year old US master

Post by Jonathan Rogers » Thu May 14, 2015 6:14 pm

I saw that too, alongside the words of her teacher:

"but really, she has friends and just seems so normal! She doesn't have thick glasses or show any signs of autism at all!"