Boy Genius Finishes College at 10, Stuck in Crappy Job at 11

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<p>[Boy</a> Genius Finishes College at 10, Stuck in Crappy Job at 11](<a href=“http://www.usedwigs.com/boy-genius-finishes-college-at-10-stuck-in-crappy-job-at-11/]Boy”>Boy Genius Finishes College at 10, Stuck in Crappy Job at 11)</p>

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<p>Should gifted children be allowed to work on their own by 11? Discuss.</p>

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<p>Never, no discussion needed.</p>

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<p>Wow is all I have to say… may be back later with more… WOW</p>

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<p>Is he American? Because there are child labor laws… if you’re eleven, that’s just the academic version of a sweat shop. Unless he needs that 58K for his family to survive, utter madness.</p>

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<p>Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! This is a hoax! Very funny!</p>

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<p>That’s hilarious.</p>

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<p>is this real?</p>

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<p>Seriously, a hoax. Read the “story”.
Working at 11, yeah, right…</p>

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<p>Whether the story is real or not is up to interpretation :), but the guy actually exists:</p>

<p>[LinkedIn:</a> Jason Park](<a href=“http://■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■/pub/3/a64/301]LinkedIn:”>http://■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■/pub/3/a64/301)</p>

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<p>It was satire. Check out the home page of the Website: [url=<a href=“http://www.usedwigs.com/]UsedWigs[/url”>http://www.usedwigs.com/]UsedWigs[/url</a>]. I thought it was reasonably funny.</p>

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<p>It’s not even funny if it’s a joke. It’s just sad as a joke. If it’s true the parents should be jailed.</p>

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<p>As satire, it’s pretty pithy. Funny in a making-a-point kind of way. I think there’s room for that.</p>

<p>Edit: actually, when I read the excerpt, I wondered if it were an Onion article; it has that ring to it.</p>

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<p>Garland, the site is really funny. It reminded me of the Onion, too.</p>

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<p>Heh, it looks like if I posted [url=<a href=“The Onion | America's Finest News Source.”>The Onion | America's Finest News Source.]Onion[/url</a>] links here that they would be believed.</p>

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<p>I can be gullible, but even I spotted that as a hoax. Amusing nonetheless.</p>

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<p>Tokenadult, I know from rather discouraging experience on this board that indeed, links to Onion articles are routinely taken seriously.</p>

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<p>He’s got nothing on this girl. </p>

<p>[Column:</a> Genius in our midst?](<a href=“http://portsmouthnhemployment.com/1999news/8_11col.htm]Column:”>http://portsmouthnhemployment.com/1999news/8_11col.htm)</p>

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<p>this is why I can’t understand why anybody really wants to graduate early from college… WHY? Good lord consider grad school, growing up sucks…</p>

<p>Halo 3 vs merril lynch lunches… gawd kids stay in school…;)</p>

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<p>I loved the part about drinking chocolate milk while relaxing after work…</p>

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<p>The paragraph about frats - hilarious.</p>

<p>“So here I am, a working stiff paying busting my ass in low-level financial advisory hell, counseling old biddies about whether to buy 10 shares of this mutual fund or that, one all in a futile attempt to make partner by 15”</p>

<p>Well, this one is believable. Have you seen how the stock market behaved lately? Definitely driven by a bunch of 11-yr olds! ;)</p>