12-year-old tackles college double major

A 12-year-old student is working toward degrees in physics and math at Florida International University -- after taking his first class there two years ago.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1007907.html

"BadlandsViking" wrote:

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A 12-year-old student is working toward degrees in physics and math at Florida International University -- after taking his first class there two years ago.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1007907.html

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Well that makes me feel like crap.
oh well at least I'm qualified enough to be the Minnesota Vikings head coach
;D

Wow. He must be a bright kid.

I'm a double major, when I was 12 I wasn't even thinking about college, or school at all for that matter.

Well... to be honest, I think 5th grade is considered college in Florida.

LOL I flunked out of community college HAHA

Some kid from Ferg just graduated from college at age 14.. pretty solid

Wow thats amazing. But I also hope the parents are just letting him be a kid as well.

"Garland" wrote:

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Wow thats amazing. But I also hope the parents are just letting him be a kid as well.

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I was thinking the same thing. He's 12 for crying out loud.

IMO no matter how smart he is he's gonna end up kinda screwed up down the road if he gets thrown into such a mature climate at his age.

I think it's a good idea, just as long as he balances that with having fun.
Going through middle and high school was going to do nothing for him except hold him back from an early start.
Although age wise he's young intellectually he'll be a lot more in his element with older college students.
If he stays in lower school he'll just be an incredibly smart kid being held down and probably would have a good chance of being the object of ridicule depending on what kind of climate his school is.
Good luck to him.

Good thing he is ugly so he won't have any friends and be able to live in the library