A Two-Year Old from California is the Youngest American to Become a Member of Mensa
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A two-year old from California is the youngest American to become a member of Mensa:
Kashe Quest may be a two-year-old but her skills include naming all of the elements on the periodic table, identifying all 50 states by shape and location, learning Spanish and deciphering patterns, according to her parents.
"She has always shown us, more than anything, the propensity to explore her surroundings and to ask the question 'Why,'" Kashe's father Devon Athwal told CNN. "If she doesn't know something, she wants to know what it is and how does it function, and once she learns it, she applies it."
The Athwals said that as soon as Kashe said her first word, her skills developed rapidly. Soon she was speaking in sentences that contained five or more words.
Through their daily observations, it struck the family that their daughter might be advanced for her age.
A 4m15s video on YouTube shows her in action.
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