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Old 13-03-2013, 12:37   #3
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Re: Sierra Leone: Teen Kelvin Doe Builds Tech From Scrap

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Originally Posted by Maggy J View Post
Puts most of our whiny over indulged teenagers to shame.Our education system is wasted on them and teaching some of them is very hard work.They take far too much for granted.

Sometimes I would like to have the power to take some of them and put them in the place of 3rd world children denied an education.
To be fair, if a UK teen did what he is, it wouldn't make the news.

And the UK has had our own 'wow teens' in the past

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16306742

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But 16-year-old South Londoner Nick D'Aloisio's excuse is better than most - he has been busy developing an app which has made international headlines and attracted a big investment from a Hong Kong-based billionaire.
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