Meet the 15-year-old with a degree

[Maggy J]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/11062961

The title says it all really..but he comes across as a really normal kid in all other respects..

[Saaf_laandon_mo]

Originally Posted by Maggy J

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/11062961

The title says it all really..but he comes across as a really normal kid in all other respects..

And it wasn't even a micky mouse degree like Daytime TV Loose Women Studies.... Well done that boy!

[joglynne]

Clever lad. He also seems to have managed to keep his life balanced by still attending his normal school which will I hope mean he will remain in contact with people of his own age.

[Maggy J]

Originally Posted by joglynne

Clever lad. He also seems to have managed to keep his life balanced by still attending his normal school which will I hope mean he will remain in contact with people of his own age.

Agreed! It a very good example of how genius children should be dealt with..not dragged off and left isolated at university with older people who will have nothing in common with them apart from studying the same subject.

Seen too many such examples of hot housed children who then have a problem fitting in anywhere later in life.

[joglynne]

Originally Posted by Maggy J

Agreed! It a very good example of how genius children should be dealt with..not dragged off and left isolated at university with older people who will have nothing in common with them apart from studying the same subject.

Seen too many such examples of hot housed children who then have a problem fitting in anywhere later in life.

We were in the same position, albeit to a lesser degree, when our son was younger. He was classed as gifted and we came under some pressure to send him to a school that would be able to "hot house" him. We had visited the school and were appalled by the precocious children we were introduced to as shining examples of the students who attended that hallowed institution.

We took the risk of sending him to local schools were he would mix with children of all abilities from our own area and never regretted that decision.

I hate to think what type of person he would have developed into if he had not had the benefit of mixing with a broader slice of humanity.