Posted on 09/20/2006 2:18:11 AM PDT by leadpenny
Okay, now I feel completely worthless. I need 3 more classes for my BS, and can't seem to find the time. That is one amazingly dedicated (and smart!) young man.
"Banh said he was already halfway to his degree before stepping foot on campus. He had a whopping 72 credits from advanced placement exams in high school."
Something for parents to consider the next time their teenager says "I'm never going to need this dumb class." Those piddly core requirement courses cost just as much as the upper level ones. Testing out of even 12 or 15 credits can mean thousands in savings.
Neat story, btw - thanks for posting it! :)
School and I never got along. Needless to say it's been a struggle. The Army "let" me get my degree when I was 15 years out of high school. Kind of like an offer I couldn't refuse.
This story just makes me feel, well, inadequate.
It is a feel good story, especially when you consider what his parents had to go through to get here.
Testing out of even 12 or 15 credits can mean thousands in savings.
I hadn't heard of that before, but it sounds like a great idea!
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I hope this isn't a commentary on the quality of the education he received. As most public schools are failing most students, is the same thing happening at the college level? I'm not saying it is, just asking.
It's probably that the kid is a genius with a work ethic that has no bounds. Good going. Please use it for good. There is way too much evil going around these days.
Big deal. It took me 9 years to earn a four year degree. ;-)
He has no plans for world domination-yet... : )
TJ HS was established about 25 years ago as a magnet school for the Northern Virginia area. To even go there you have to be top notch.
It took me 2 years to complete a BS in mathematics. But that is not counting the other 2 years I spent taking various liberal arts and humanities courses 16 years previously.
We all have different gifts. That's not an excuse. It's a blessing. It's mandatory. Be content with who you are and use your gifts with the same enthusiasm the kid in the story does. You can't miss. We'd be in a bigger mess than we are if we were all geniuses.
Oh, and stop and smell the roses too.
I took dummy math at Embry-Riddle.
"It's probably that the kid is a genius with a work ethic that has no bounds. Good going. Please use it for good. There is way too much evil going around these days."
I'm guessing he didn't spend a lot of time at the beer keg or smokin pot. Good for him.
I second all that.
"I found myself sitting around a lot with free time," he said.
Okay, I'm going back to bed ...
Amazing that they let him take classes that conflicted! It seems wrong, somehow.
Not that I don't admire him, I do!
72 AP credits is awesome. My older son, with an IB degree, had two semester's worth, and my younger son, the slacker, has one semester's worth.
I keep telling them about CLEP tests, but they won't listen.
Heck, in high school I tried to get them to go to junior college instead (an option in Virginia), but they wouldn't listen.
I think they are enjoying staying in school (on mom and dad's dime) just a little bit longer.
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