Posted on 05/25/2015 9:57:04 AM PDT by rey
Edited on 05/25/2015 10:01:29 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Most kids finish elementary school at age 11. Sacramento prodigy Tanishq Abraham just graduated from college at age 11
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Funny how you never hear of one of these grads coming from a public school.
Good for this grad and his parents.
It did happen Granddaughter Graduated same night.
It’s a junior college and most of the students there are semi-retarded.
I went there.
WOW!
“Don’t worry scro’! There are plenty of ‘tards out there living really kick ass lives. My first wife was ‘tarded. She’s a pilot now.” - Docter Lexus (Idiocracy)
Part of me is impressed.
Part of me is like “so what” these days. He wont be able to get a job for several years, and goodness knows that the “education” he got likely is full of leftist nonsense or so dumbed-down, that an 11 year old, with a 1950s education, should breeze through.
Hey, he’s a big fan of Bill Nye the science guy, so he must be really smart! < sarc >
We don’t need a genius in the White House, (we have one,supposedly) we need one with common sense and one that loves our Country,respects our Constitution and military.
I person this smart would have difficulties “socializing” in a society of government-raised imbeciles no matter where he went to school.
I swear I typed “A person...”
Good on him and all that, but there is clearly something abnormal here.
“It’s a junior college and most of the students there are semi-retarded.
I went there.”
Ummm, what are you telling us about yourself?
I understand your point, but still, the kid is way better than the average and is goin in the right direction.
He really is exceptional.
They way they wrote it they strongly implied he’d graduated from a 4-year college, and that’s simply untrue.
Good grief 9th life and Wyrd bið ful aræd. If he had lettered in a sport everyone would be woo hooing.
I agree, it isn’t necessarily the toughest course of study at ARC and he isn’t your average kid, but he is way ahead of the average kid. I have plans to get my homeschooler in the JC soon; she is 10 and is well into algebra. We have already audited classes at the local university. It is great exposure for her.
I get the socialization stuff all the time with regard to home schooling, particularly from public school teachers. Well that’s just great to be able to hang out with your peers after a tough day in the unemployment line or after finding a bail bandsman. I ask public school teachers which is more important, academics or socialization; they actually have to think about it. In my mind, there is no contest; academics is way more important.
I do not care how young he is, he will be fine and he will find a job. He wants to go for his MD and do research. IF he stays on this track, a research group will pick him up at 20 years of age after he completes his undergrad and med school. The unemployment rate in the hard sciences is extremely low, under 1%. Soft sciences (environmental studies, sociology, etc) and the arts have high unemployment. The unemployment rate among astrophysicists is 0.
Your second comment is proof of your first. LOL.
Big deal 2-year college.
So you graduated from the JC with an associates in three sciences when?
I agree, the average JC is no big deal, but he is 11 and he did essentially get three AS degrees, the average is one and most people do not go to college, not even a JC. Not too shabby, by my estimation, and way better than his peers.
Everybody went ape poo over the little girl who pitched in the little league series (or any sports feat). I’m willing to bet this kid does better with his 3 AS degrees and his continuing education than she does.
Your sense of humor is admirable
But there is something different going on with people who are able to take college courses at age 7. Life is full of trade-offs, and a person with this kind of very, very early academic ability often has difficulty "getting with it" in other areas. Socializing is overrated; bathing regularly, keeping anxiety in check, and being able to interact effectively with other people are not.
I'm not saying this kids necessarily has difficulty accepting that he has to brush his teeth everyday and that he can't fart loudly in public...But that sort of thing is not altogether uncommon with people who show "freakishly" strong academic abilities, particularly at an early age.
And I would question whether it's wise to indulge a child who wants to go to college at 7. If he is so smart, then he'd have no trouble acing college in a few years, after he's had some time to enjoy being a child.
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