10-year-old college sophomore credits ‘willpower’

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There are plenty of creative paths that a precocious kid could take and not skip multiple grades, but these paths often aren’t possible because the people in power are not cooperative. In fact, often there is a palpable resentment of these kids from those who are supposed to be facilitating their education.

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<p>Each person’s situation is different. Most important is safety and happiness of the child. That comes first. Whatever you need to do to accomplish that, you need to do, and that will be different for each child and each educational situation.</p>

<p>However, finishing early is not a goal in-and-of itself. Going to a community college and transferring to a mediocre university is not a great outcome, but it is what is going on in a lot of these cases. In that case, the kid is NEVER with their intellectual peers. Better to stick it out as long as possible to end up at as good a university as possible, if safety and happiness of the child can be accomplished in the process.</p>

<p>That is my main point. Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.</p>