Los Angeles: The one thing 14-year-old Moshe Kai Cavalin dislikes is being called a genius.
All he did, after all, was enrol in college at age eight and earn his first of two Associate of Arts degrees from East Los Angeles Community College at age nine, graduating with a perfect 4.0 grade point average.
Now, at 14, he's poised to graduate from UCLA this year. He's also just published an English edition of his first book, We Can Do.
The 100-page guideline explains how other young people can accomplish what Cavalin did by keeping themselves focused and approaching everything with total commitment. Cavalin said, "People need to know you don't really need to be a genius. You just have to work hard and you can accomplish anything."
And maybe cut out some of the TV. Although he's a big fan of Jackie Chan movies, Cavalin says he limits his television time to four hours a week.
Not that he lacks for recreational activities. He writes in We Can Do of learning to scuba dive, and he loves soccer and martial arts.
He used to participate in the latter sport when he was younger until his UCLA studies and his writing made things a little too hectic.
