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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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Loiscakkleberrylane Friday, April 25, 2008 11:10:14 PM

Great story!!

MarcusFXM256 Friday, April 25, 2008 11:12:11 PM

Imagine how proud her parents must be, Lois! bigeyes

Loiscakkleberrylane Friday, April 25, 2008 11:51:45 PM

Probably pretty amazed!

r♡serose-marie Saturday, April 26, 2008 10:41:54 AM

Wow... Talk about dedicated.

Mizz MartínezMizzMartinez Saturday, April 26, 2008 2:33:09 PM

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

MarcusFXM256 Sunday, April 27, 2008 5:12:37 PM

I agree with you, Lois!

You're right about that, Rose!

That's true, Kerst!

Maryumarlenehesayz Monday, May 5, 2008 5:44:09 PM

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!

MarcusFXM256 Wednesday, May 7, 2008 3:35:58 AM

Wow, so did I, Marlene! smile

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