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- Fletchnuts, on 12/07/2008, -3/+84Seems like a perfectly good waste of college to me. It's not all about the piece of paper.
- rlbond86, on 12/07/2008, -6/+81Can't kids just be kids. There's a kid who goes to my University who is like 15 and he has no friends. I don't think kids like this are ready for college. Part of college is living on your own.
- sexybobo, on 12/07/2008, -3/+77Shame he will be suffering from horrible social problems since he skipped his childhood.
- Trixie65, on 12/07/2008, -6/+75Clever boy, he'll go a long way.
- rs2183, on 12/07/2008, -1/+67Doesn't matter, can't do ***** with a finance degree right now. Especially at 16? lol, forget it. In NYC even harvard business school grads can't even land a job.
I'm counting my blessings that I still have a job. - inactive, on 12/07/2008, -4/+60This isn't as rare as you think. Especially with females. I actually know a few including one girl I dated that had a college degree from a Major college at the age of 17. I know this one is younger.
- Noonward, on 12/07/2008, -3/+57He's gonna be pensioning by 23 and dead by 32.
- inactive, on 12/07/2008, -19/+72He's from Texas, and Austin at that. Dugg.
- bixby1, on 12/07/2008, -5/+58I date dumb girls. That's just me.
- remotehuman, on 12/07/2008, -3/+50more than you
- EmitStop, on 12/07/2008, -3/+49I know this kid at my high school who is an absolute genius, he represented our school in some statewide math competition during his freshman year. He's taking college classes now and he's still a sophomore. What's weird is he is only good at math, in all his other classes he is totally normal.
- monkeyshines, on 12/07/2008, -1/+46In other news: Boy forgoes hundreds of valuable life experiences to join the workforce years ahead of the curve!
- frjsanders, on 12/07/2008, -5/+48Great job Home Schooling! Kudos to the parents..
- rlbond86, on 12/07/2008, -4/+45Anecdotes are not statistical evidence. I know plenty of people who were home schooled and are terrible at math, for example. Meanwhile, I've had a public education all my life, am about to receive two degrees, one in Electrical Engineering and one in Mathematics, and it will have taken me 4 years total, while I have also done research and summer work. Public education has its problems, but I will always believe that homeschooling, without the accountability of public and private schools, is a bad idea. This kid just did well because his parents pushed him extremely hard. That's the exception.
- lekahe, on 12/07/2008, -1/+41Best part: "... wants to get some work experience first."
Many of these clever kids want to study but are unable to work. This kid will be getting far. - hran, on 12/07/2008, -2/+32we have a word for that.... it's called being asian
- jasdf, on 12/07/2008, -0/+29"This kid will be getting far."
Too bad he got a degree in finance. Maybe if he had gotten an engineering degree. - KyleGoetz, on 12/07/2008, -0/+28I don't know why you're getting dugg up. I suppose no one on Digg realizes that the teen got his degree in finance, and UT has one of the top business schools in the country (Red McCombs School of Business).
- theenginedriver, on 12/07/2008, -0/+28It's not quite as impressive, but when I celebrated my 24th birthday recently, my supervisor reminded me that 24 was the age she got her PhD (in theoretical physics no less). Her exact words: "You have 365 days."
- sh0rtstop00, on 12/07/2008, -2/+30So? I'll have two Bachelor degrees by the end of Spring 09 and 23 years old!! I can drive, buy alcohol and go clubbing. Pwnage!
- spriggig, on 12/07/2008, -2/+30Let's hope he makes good use of his sperm.
- soapandfoam, on 12/07/2008, -3/+28you know a lot of people go to college for 7 years...
yeah, they're called doctors. - richardweaver, on 12/07/2008, -17/+39Home education is a success. Our public schools are turning out dead beats, our private schools are a little better. But why go for a little better when you could go all the way?
Home schooling is the wave of the future. Get your kid riding on it. - KSUdesigner, on 12/07/2008, -2/+21Cuz they let you go ass to mouth, right?
- cam0man, on 12/07/2008, -0/+19I've wondered about this. I would never want to do this myself because you'd miss out on all the fun of college....but I wouldn't mind pulling it off, writing a book at 18, launching some peer tutoring school, making a couple guest tv appearances, doing a public speaking tour and being 24 with some fat residual income, ballin apartment, fast cars, and the rest of my 20's/30's to just go big pimping.
I know a lot of kids who missed out on college, living on their own, and friends - but they don't have anything to show for it except pretty impressive gamer scores. - Idrive, on 12/07/2008, -2/+20Digger dates girl...
::world ends:: - OriginalReplica, on 12/07/2008, -1/+19Is it really clever to rush through college in under four years? Why so he can get go get a full time job two years earlier?WooHoo, what fun. Speeding through college is not worth it when you miss things like: two more years of dating and partying with college girls, life long friendships forged around ridiculous college pranks and study sessions, living half way between child and adult responsibility. There should be no rush to become a career wage earner, he can do that for the rest of his life, this is his only chance to be a teenager in the amazingly fertile social scene of college life. I hope in grad school he learns to slow down and live his life now, as well as prepare for the future. You only have today, you will never reach tomorrow.
- seastobble, on 12/07/2008, -0/+17Someday, he'll get laid, and kick himself for spending that little amount of time there.
- mst3kcrow, on 12/07/2008, -1/+17I'd have to say it depends on the situation. Many factors can influence this such as location relative to home, in state vs. out of state tuition, etc.
- Corr0sive, on 12/07/2008, -0/+15Im sure he will have all his best books near him to keep him company.
On another note, I probably could have done the same if i was home schooled busted my ass, had a ***** load of money for college, and took 15 or more hours a semester.
Which brings me back to the lack of socializing. He probably had some friends, but not alot. Most people only do college once, if that, and he spent it all studying. - inactive, on 12/07/2008, -0/+15You don't need to go to a private school to get a good education, it all depends on your field of study
- aftern9ne, on 12/07/2008, -5/+20Finance. What a tough degree program...
Graduate with a BS in Physics and maybe I'd be impressed. - texasgrrrl, on 12/07/2008, -8/+22Um, I don't know, maybe because UT's a really good school?
- kentifer, on 12/07/2008, -1/+15His parents temporarily stayed in the city to drive him places?
Kid can't take a bus? - KyleGoetz, on 12/07/2008, -0/+13Well, you know he's not from the US because "pensioning" is the UK English version of US English's "retired."
- chipset, on 12/07/2008, -2/+15YOU NEVER GO ASS TO MOUTH MAN
- dikaiosyne, on 12/07/2008, -1/+14I read the article and it didn't mention anything about his desire to promote humanity as a whole with his effectiveness. The article, which I suggest you read, states that he was home schooled and got his finance degree earlier than most.
And yes, without experiencing the demonspawn, aka chicks, early on in life he will fall prey to the first fat chick that gives him some. - randylm, on 12/07/2008, -0/+13Well I know someone that graduated MIT AND HARDVARD IN 1 YEAR AT THE SAME TIME! HAH BEAT THAT
- sith333, on 12/07/2008, -0/+12Right - so after 6 years of schoolin', if you consider the normal track of about 4 years in undergrad and 5-6 for the PhD, that's 9-10 years. Six for all of that is quite an accomplishment.
- xerikx, on 12/07/2008, -0/+12Now all he needs to be able to do is hold a conversation with a human being...
- aserer511, on 12/07/2008, -0/+12work experience? good luck kiddo.
- inactive, on 12/07/2008, -0/+12Now he gets to take some time off while the rest of the kids his age catch up with him
- Kohaxx, on 12/07/2008, -2/+14I knew a guy with a Master's in Finance, and by know I mean I talked to him for a couple minutes while he was making my sandwich at Arby's.
- Typhoon2009, on 12/07/2008, -0/+12Maybe he's "only smart enough" for UT? It's not a bad school or anything, and the fact that he's done with college when I'm a year older than him and likely not getting into any is pretty damn impressive.
- Bicx, on 12/07/2008, -1/+12Homeschooling is right for some people. It IS easy to get by without accountability in some programs. However, I don't think homeschooling should be illegalized just because some people abuse the system. I know there are school programs in public in private schools that cultivate extra-curricular learning, but I think homeschooling brings that to a new level. When you are given a greater choice of curriculum, the parents can choose books and topics that are a better fit for their child's interests, strengths, and weaknesses.
It's not for everyone though. Some kids need more supervision than others, and some parents just don't have time. Homeschooling worked well for me: I got a 30 on my ACT and 1425 on my SAT (back when that was a good thing), and I'm a few months from getting my degree in Computer Science: Scientific Applications from my university (where I do have a social life and manage my senior project team). I happen to be good at teaching myself, and I did through the latter part of high school when my parents began to realize this. In addition, some areas like mine have homeschool organizations that hire teachers for more advanced topics that the parents can't offer much help.
Overall, homeschooling is what you make of it. Nothing more, nothing less. - InfernoX, on 12/07/2008, -0/+11Dude, he was homeschooled, he went to college at age 14 and he got a degree in finance. it's pretty much a given that he's already sacrificed a large chunk of his life for his education.
- vespertine604, on 12/07/2008, -0/+11Agreed.
- ace7196, on 12/07/2008, -3/+14Ahahahaha!
finance...
I think everyone here could do the same :P - jtbell04, on 12/07/2008, -2/+12Hey, at least he isn't part of that whole Yale thing.
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