Pageant Contestant Suffers Seizure, Gets Back Up, Finishes Competition
When this pageant contestant suffered a seizure on stage, the audience gasped. When she returned to the stage, they stood and cheered.
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Professor Posts Resume Of His Failures, And Succeeds in Encouraging Others
This professor put together a list of the times he failed so other people could keep his success – and their own failures – in perspective.
Honey Nut Cheerios Gives Back to Bees, Planting 3,300 Acres of Habitat
This cereal company is working with its oat growers to set aside the equivalent of 3,000 football fields as natural habitat for honey bees.
Prince Left No Heirs Behind, But Lived Secret Humanitarian Life
Though he had no will, pop icon Prince left behind a legacy of charitable giving, donating time and millions to improve the lives of thousands.
6 Ways to Get Senior Discounts But Only if You Know About Them
From dining to traveling across America, seniors as young as 55 are missing out on millions of dollars in discounts, simply because they don't know to ask.
Minnesota Cafe Shows Homeless Man a Job, Instead of the Door
When a homeless man asked for a sandwich, this cafe owner offered a part-time job, even though she could barely afford another employee.
Oscar Buzz: The Top 10 Positive Psychology Films of 2010
Whether or not they are snubbed by the actual Academy Awards ceremony, these films merit awards for their specific positive psychology viewpoint and each movie is worthy of your time. Here are the 10 best positive psychology films of 2010.
Prodigy Becomes a Doctorâ at 21 (Video)
This week, 21-year-old Sho Yano will complete the journey he began as a 9-year-old college freshman, becoming one of the youngest students in history to receive an M.D. He earned his PhD at age 19 and will now launch a medical career as a pediatric neurologist so he can work with children. (Video)
Beating the Odds, Teen Moves From Homeless and Bullied, to Harvard
A North Carolina teen returned from camp last summer and discovered her parents had abandoned her. But dedicated to her goal of an education, she took a job, went to live with a friend, and kept her grades high, despite bullying and poverty, to earn a scholarship to Harvard.
Paralyzed Teen Fulfills Vow To Walk At High School Graduation
A dream 17 years-in-the-making came true for a California boy when he got out of his wheelchair and walked to accept his high school diploma. Patrick Ivison, a senior at Scripps High School in San Diego, was just 14-months-old when he was run over by a stranger's car, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down.
9-Year-old Silenced By Politicians Has Changed School Lunches Forever
For the past two months, one of my favorite reads has been a blog started by 9-year-old Martha Payne of western Scotland to document in photos the daily lunches she was being served in her public primary school. Payne started blogging in early May and her lunch photos went viral in days. She had a million viewers within a few weeks; was written up in Time, the Telegraph, the Daily Mail; and got support from TV chef Jamie Oliver, whose series "Jamie's School Dinners" kicked off school-food reform in England.
Girl Banned from Blogging About School Meals has Raised £100,000 to Feed African Kids
Martha Payne, the nine-year-old schoolgirl who blogged about her school lunches and was briefly banned from photographing them, has not only achieved more healthy lunches for her Scotland school, she is helping to provide lunches to thousands of school kids in Africa.
CodeNow Teaches City Kids Coding, Sparking Lifelong Interest
Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, and Steve Jobs changed the way we live. All had one thing in common: Access to technology at an early age. A DC-based nonprofit called CodeNow is teaching underrepresented youth the fundamental skills of computer programming. While taking free courses, the city kids -- almost 40% are girls -- build robots, Twitter apps, and a better future.
Student Makes Prom Dress With 5,000 Soda Tabs
Two years ago, Regan Kerr turned her small collection of pop tabs from the top of soda cans into an endeavor involving family and friends that culminated at her prom Saturday night. The Aurora, Colorado teen hand-made a dress that took 5,114 pop tabs and five solid months of sewing. The result is an amazing tailored silver frock with flared skirt and colored pop-top trim.
In Age of Bullying, Special Needs Student Elected Prom King
Scott Shaver and Katie Buell were crowned prom king and queen last week at Westview High School. Katie is an all-American girl, class president, champion in girls basketball, and an absolute sweetheart, according to her teachers. Yet, it seems every student, no matter their ability, is accepted here and treasured. Scotty, as the kids call him, is a HUGE personality at the school, brought out of his shell over four years by the nurturing attention given, not only by specialized staff who have tutored him as a special needs student with autism, but by the accepting student body.
15-Year-old Wins National Prize for Creating Pancreatic Cancer Test
There has been a breakthrough in the fight against pancreatic cancer, and it's all thanks to a 15-year-old Maryland County teen and his mom, who drove him to Johns Hopkins University every night after school to test his theory in a lab. Jack Andraka won a $75,000 grand prize in this year's Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his new way to test for early-stage pancreatic cancer. The test also detects ovarian and lung cancer.
Boy, 9, Wins Disney Trip and Donates it to Fallen Soldier's Family
Inspired by a man who traded a red paper clip to get a house using Craig's List, Brendan Haas hatched a scheme to earn a trip to Disney World. But instead of vacationing himself, the Massachusetts boy gave the all-expenses paid trip to the family of a soldier killed in Afghanistan. It only took four months of trading, beginning with Brendan offering his toy soldier on a webpage.
All Graduates of Chicago Urban HS Accepted into 4-Year Colleges for 3rd Year in a Row
For the third consecutive year, 100 percent of the graduating seniors from the Urban Prep Academy, the nation's first all-boys public charter high school, have accomplished what some thought impossible - every single one of these 85 students has been accepted to a four-year college or university.
Teaching Kindergartners About Emotions: The Latest Brain Science Goes to School
Brain science is being used in planning school lessons for 200 students in kindergarten through third grade at the the progressive Blue School in New York. The school has become a kind of national laboratory for integrating cognitive neuroscience and cutting-edge educational theory into curriculum, professional development and school design.
9-Year-old's Cardboard Arcade Becomes Internet Sensation, With $165K Raised for a College Fund
Thanks to a short film, a 9-year-old boy, who built an elaborate cardboard arcade inside his dad's used auto parts store, was treated to the best day of his life when dozens of people surprised him with a flashmob to play his games. The imaginative boy entrepreneur, Caine Monroy, became an internet sensation when the video, called Caine's Arcade, went viral (with 2.1 million views to date).
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