Posted on 03/14/2021 12:53:55 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Now, she's off to Arizona State University.
She plans to major in astronomical and planetary sciences and chemistry.
Her passion for building started as an infant with LEGOs.
Her goal is to build rovers like the one sent to Mars in the Perseverance mission.
"It doesn't matter what your age or what you're planning to do. Go for it, dream, then accomplish it."
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Welp, she seems to have all the prerequisites
I can’t imagine the parental pressure on kids like that. Can’t help to think about an alternate income: “12 year old prodigy fails to gain admission to elite college - blows her brains out six months later...”
The truly scary part is such a story is not all that far-fetched... X.x
“Her passion for building started as an infant with LEGOs.”
That’s a lot of hurt feet for mom and dad.
She will end up with a degree in Wymyn’s Studies and have a job waiting tables at Denny’s
Er, I meant ‘outcome’. Pffff
Or operating on your brain...
Be glad she is interested in Mars
I’m pretty sure the Sun Devils are the number one party school. What “genius” goes there?
MIT, Georgia Tech, or Perdue would be better.
Well, I’m hoping she at least stays the course in studying the hard sciences. If she wants to design and build rovers to explore the solar system, I’m all for it.
ASU isn’t just a party school. It’s a major public research institute too.
Elon Musk is hiring. Screw NASA.
Smart kid—knows better than to better than to be the poor astronaut they send to Mars.
She should live long and prosper.
Is it a good idea to send a 12 year old to college? I mean from a socialization, social maturity, etc. point of view?
'Lego' is Danish for 'caltrop'.
Same as UF, where I went.
If someone is a genius, they probably don’t go to UF or ASU.
I smell overbearing parents, and largely a lie.
The parents are setting her up to crack.
I hope I’m wrong.
No, it’s terrible.
I was reading about one of these prodigy kids at my Alma mater, a top engineering school. It sounded like he had one specific mentor and other help to deal with it all.
When I was there there were 1 or 2 suicides a year. All of the kids at the school had been top students in high school, so getting a B or C was probably pretty stressful.
My old man would tell folks that asked about how I was doing and my grades he’d say “Well, mostly B’s and C’s - but that would be all A’s anywhere else!” (Later on I got a couple of D’s as well - but as we used to say “D is for Diploma!”)
I thought that small toys were not supposed to be given to kids under three years old.
Amazing accomplishment for 12. I wish her well.
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