It is better for the kids to praised about what they are doing rather than what they are getting. Personally, I don&#x27;t care what prestigious thing he got. This kid is amazing for having studied so many things on his own.<p>The real aim here should be to be engaged and to be learning; which are things this kid seems to be have done plenty of. It is so cool that we now have all these learning resources accessible easily.<p>It&#x27;s interesting how this kind of thing makes one think about their own life. I went to a talk by a computer scientist yesterday. He is studying cryptography. You could tell that he was so engaged, getting so much joy from his subject. People were interested in what he was explaining. You could tell that he is just loving every minute of his job. This is the kind of engagement level I am looking for. And by the way, I don&#x27;t think one needs to be top-level at what they do to get there.