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Woman, 19, becomes youngest college professor

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World’s youngest professor can’t legally drink
Alia Sabur, a prodigy in many ways, says she wants to share her knowledge

Perhaps in Alia Sabur’s wildly advanced studies she came across a famous quote from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

“Knowing is not enough. We must apply,” the German writer once observed.

That could serve as explanation for what prompted the 19-year-old to become the youngest college professor in history.

Armed with prodigious wisdom, Sabur told TODAY’s Ann Curry on Wednesday that knowledge is power — especially when sharing it.

“I really enjoy teaching,” said Sabur. “It’s something where you can make a difference. It’s not just what you can do, but you can enable a lot of other people to make their changes.”

Sabur, from Northport, N.Y., has clearly been ahead of the learning curve since an early age.

Read the rest of the story & watch the video here.



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Great story!!

By cakkleberrylane, # 25. April 2008, 23:10:14

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Imagine how proud her parents must be, Lois! :eyes:

By FXM256, # 25. April 2008, 23:12:11

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Probably pretty amazed!

By cakkleberrylane, # 25. April 2008, 23:51:45

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Wow... Talk about dedicated.

By rose-marie, # 26. April 2008, 10:41:54

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As long as someone is able to earn their own money, then the parents should be proud. And specially if their kids have professions! :smile:

By MizzMartinez, # 26. April 2008, 14:33:09

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I agree with you, Lois!

You're right about that, Rose!

That's true, Kerst!

By FXM256, # 27. April 2008, 17:12:37

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In Korea, where the drinking age is 20, she might have more luck. In traditional Korean culture, children are considered to be 1 year old when they are born, and add a year to their age every New Year instead of their actual birthday, so in Korea Sabur is considered 20.

...learned something new today!

By yumarlenehesayz, # 5. May 2008, 17:44:09

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Wow, so did I, Marlene! :smile:

By FXM256, # 7. May 2008, 03:35:58

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