The trouble is he won't (hasn't) had anything like a normal childhood and, no doubt, will find fitting into social groups, including marriage, family and work, difficult if not impossible.
My last partner was a classical musician of some note and her childhood consisted of little more than practising instrument X - it stuffed up her life.
Childhood genius is not all it's made out to be.
dorian said
06:35 AM Nov 26, 2019
"I'm currently studying electrical engineering. It's about designing circuits and things like that. So chips, actually," he said.
Good on you, kid. It would be a tragedy to waste your talents on anything else.
bgt said
12:00 PM Nov 27, 2019
Education is about more than just academic study. Life's experiences are a great teacher. How much life experience has a 9 year old got? Our daughter and son in-law are both teachers. Have done nothing else. Take them out of their education world and their knowledge base plummets.
Iva Biggen said
12:44 PM Nov 27, 2019
I agree with the fact that he will unfortunately lack some of lifes skills including social interaction.
bgt has put a good point out there that many of our school teachers that are tasked with the education of our grandchildren, have actually never left school. Probably not the most healthiest of situations with impressionable youngsters.
Kids that are pushed hard at this tender age seldom mature as functioning adults.
tonyd said
04:48 PM Nov 28, 2019
Yes indeed.
As my Mum used to say, with devastating accuracy: Thermometers are not the only things with lots of degrees and no brains.
Cheers TonyD
Hewy54 said
05:06 PM Nov 28, 2019
So by the simple fact that a 9 yo has been able to earn a uni degree he has no life skills, will not mature as a functioning adult, will lack life skills and not be able to interact socially.
Wow guys you are able to discern so much from a little info.
Why don't you look on the bright side and give the kid a chance first?
Mike Harding said
06:16 AM Nov 29, 2019
Hewy54 wrote:
Wow guys you are able to discern so much from a little info.
Sometimes, yes - it's called experience.
dogbox said
09:16 AM Nov 29, 2019
the big bang theory in real life
Santa said
10:08 AM Nov 29, 2019
Mike Harding wrote:
Hewy54 wrote:
Wow guys you are able to discern so much from a little info.
In summery, one of the worlds youngest University graduates
His age is 9
That is no misprint, nine years of age, I dips my lid to you young Sir
Link below
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-24/nine-year-old-belgian-child-genius-set-for-university-degree/11732634
The trouble is he won't (hasn't) had anything like a normal childhood and, no doubt, will find fitting into social groups, including marriage, family and work, difficult if not impossible.
My last partner was a classical musician of some note and her childhood consisted of little more than practising instrument X - it stuffed up her life.
Childhood genius is not all it's made out to be.
Good on you, kid. It would be a tragedy to waste your talents on anything else.
I agree with the fact that he will unfortunately lack some of lifes skills including social interaction.
bgt has put a good point out there that many of our school teachers that are tasked with the education of our grandchildren, have actually never left school. Probably not the most healthiest of situations with impressionable youngsters.
Then there is this situation.
Another disaster in the making!
Kids that are pushed hard at this tender age seldom mature as functioning adults.
As my Mum used to say, with devastating accuracy: Thermometers are not the only things with lots of degrees and no brains.
Cheers TonyD
Wow guys you are able to discern so much from a little info.
Why don't you look on the bright side and give the kid a chance first?
Sometimes, yes - it's called experience.
You could also add insight to that Mike.