Saturday, August 18, 2012

Gist: The Real Wizkid

While most teenagers are quivering with nerves
when it comes to taking their maths A Level, Yasha
Asley described it as easy peasy – and he was just
seven years-old.
Now the prodigy has gained his third top-grade A
level pass at the tender age of ten.
Yasha, whose teacher claims he has 'a brain like a
calculator,' achieved an A* in Statistics and now
hopes to go to university.
He already has an A* in Maths and an A in Pure
Maths – both of which he gained at the age of eight.

He's got the X=Y factor: Yasha, appropriately sitting in front of a
picture of Einstein, has achieved another excellent
grade (seen here aged eight)
He is the youngest person in the world to have
achieved a grade A in Maths – scoring 100 per cent
and 99 per cent in two of the six papers two years
ago.
Yasha, from Leicester, says he did not suffer from
exam nerves as he tackled his Statistics exam
paper this year.
He said : 'I opened it, looked at the first question
and just started writing.
'I didn't feel nervous. I probably felt better than the
other teenagers.'
His father, Moussa Asley, a 49-year-old Iranian,
who raised his son single-handedly after his
marriage broke up, said : 'It just confirmed my
expectation. I felt very pleased and very proud.
'He doesn't work that hard at all. He just does the
minimum. He was born with a talent.'
Yasha, who goes to Folville Junior School in
Leicester, has tutoring sessions at Leicester
University. He is now hoping to find a university
that will let him enrol on a Maths course.
He started reading at a very early age and has
learnt English, French, Arabic and Farsi.
The boy's headmaster, Bruce Wells, said two years
ago: 'Yasha is off the scale – just so far ahead of
everyone else. His thinking skills are incredible.
'We've linked him to a professor at a local
university to tutor him.
While most teenagers fret about their exams,
Yasha sailed through his maths paper with ease.
'He's not just gifted . He is way more than that. The
word genius springs to mind.'
One of his teachers, Adam Spurr, said last year: 'It
is like having a second teacher in the classroom.
He has got a brain like a calculator.'
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