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Super Humans - Promethea Olympia Kyrene Pythaitha Promethea Olympia Kyrene Pythaitha (born March 13, 1991) is an American genius with an IQ of 173. She started reading at age 1, began learning college-level calculus and was profiled by a CBS News 48 Hours special on "Whiz !" at age 7, and at age 13 became the youngest student to complete work for a bachelor's degree from Montana State University in Mathematics. Promethea was born to Georgia Smith, a Greek-born artist, and has two older siblings, Vanessa and Apollo. For several months when Promethea was 4, she and her family were homeless and lived in their car in San Francisco. This was when her mother began to teach her advanced mathematics. At age 5, she was enrolled in Stanford University's Education Program for Gifted Youth. After being featured on a national CBS News special "Whiz !", she was allowed to enroll as a regular student earning credit toward graduation at Montana State University. She audited her first M.S.U. course, calculus, at age 7. At age 13, she completed the course work necessary for a bachelor's degree in Mathematics, and at age 14 she officially graduated with that degree. Paying for college had always been a difficulty for the young student. Due to her young age, she was automatically disqualified for most university scholarships, and couldn't hold a job. A local family had paid for her tuition through the completion of her first degree. After her graduation, she spoke of her desire to continue her education, but due to her family's low income could not afford to continue with her studies. She wrote to Montana politicians, arguing that the state of Montana pledges a taxpayer funded education to other teenagers (throughout what is generally their high school years), but that she was being abandoned. Her alma mater offered to waive her tuition until she turned 16. In 2004, she changed her name, selecting names reflecting her aspirations and the ideals that she admired in ancient Greek history. In 2006, Promethea was awarded a $10,000 scholarship by the PanHellenic Scholarship Foundation. In January 2007, she was invited to speak in Chicago at a banquet to honor the Festival of the Three Hierarchs, a commemoration of the three founders of the Greek Orthodox Church. Her topic was to be the role of the church in education. During her research on the church founders, Promethea became convinced that the Church had committed genocide. In her speech, she demanded a separation of church and state, as well as the end of church control on education. The event was posted to YouTube and seen by Greeks around the world. Promethea received messages from passionate Greeks in America and Greece. Some sent her hate mail, but others commended her courage and sent books and offers of tuition. After her speech, she was invited to visit Greece for five days and was interviewed by Alpha TV. In 2011, she was involved in a shooting incident. In 2013, a settlement was reached in the subsequent court case. Man's obsession with young Livingstone genius leads to tragic ending...... The strange tale began in November 2010, when 81-year-old Thomas Kyros left his New Port Richey home and drove 2,430 miles to Bozeman, Mont., to be near Pythaitha, who was then 19. A neighbor said it was the first time Kyros left his home since 1986. Pythaitha was a Greek-American genius who graduated from Montana State University at 14 with a degree in mathematics. Kyros, also Greek, heard about her years earlier and began sending her financial support. He called Pythaitha his “favorite grandchild” and claimed to have sent her $17,000 for her studies. He asked her to call him “pappoulis,” which means little grandfather in Greek. But as his obsession grew, Pythaitha and her mother, Georgia Smith, withdrew and refused to communicate with him or accept his gifts. He blamed Smith. Kyros believed Pythaitha was being held prisoner by her mother and that her chances of future success were being ruined. Kyros had his lawyer draft a will. In it, Kyros gave Pythaitha two-thirds of his estate but wrote, in bold letters, she would receive no money “while her mother, Georgia A. Smith, is living.” In Montana, Kyros bought a gun and, on Jan. 17, 2011, he drove his car into the fence surrounding Pythaitha and Smith’s home on Outlaw Hill Road outside Livingston, a remote area of Montana. When the two women came outside, authorities said, Kyros shot Smith five times, calling her a and a beast. Pythaitha, according to court documents, begged Kyros to stop. She “threw herself over her mother’s body to stop the onslaught of gunfire,” the lawsuit says. Kyros stopped shooting and told Pythaitha “she should be happy the beast is dead.” Smith survived. Kyros was killed by police. Kyros’ attorney who drafted the will, David Gilmore, was originally named as a defendant in the lawsuit. Armstrong claimed Gilmore should have known his was going to harm Smith and should have contacted law enforcement. “Defendant Gilmore, who has alleged that Mr. Kyros was insane at the time of his actions, had in his possession information regarding Mr. Kyros’s animosity towards Ms. Smith and Mr. Kyros’s many ruminations about her death,” the lawsuit stated. The suit alleged that Kyros sent a fax to Gilmore more than a month before the attempted murder and told him that all information about Pythaitha was null and void “for as long as Georgia is alive.” But a Montana judge ruled in April that Gilmore, a New Port Richey attorney, could not have known Smith would be harmed, and his name was dropped from the lawsuit. The judge ordered the two sides to go into settlement talks. Kyros’ estate was estimated to be $600,000 or less, court documents state, and dwindling fast from attorney fees. From the shooting, Smith is paralyzed in her left arm, the lawsuit said, and will require “a lifetime of care” and further surgery to repair the wounds Kyros caused. Pythaitha and Smith, the suit states, continue to suffer severe emotional and psychological distress. photos inserted: Promethea Olympia Kyrene Pythaitha and her paralyzed mom after been shot by a crazy man.   Honesty is the best policy. |
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Her life can be so cruel to a prodigy. The crazy old man had animosity toward her mom and shot her 5 times. It is a sad story. Honesty is the best policy.
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Her story has great impact on me when I read it. That's why I want to share with you. Honesty is the best policy.
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