<p>i'd rather be normal (or i guess i should say above average ;))</p>
<p>but that is damn impressive. good for him (if he chose to do it and not forced by his parents)</p>
<p>He is who he is. You are who you are. I am who I am.</p>
<p>We each have to live the best way for ourselves.</p>
<p>I believe he entered UW through the Early Entrance Program after grade 8.</p>
<p>Actually he was too young for that. He had to directly get in contact with a particular prof (that prof, btw, is familiar with early entrance kids) in order to gain admission to UW. I know a few other VERY young kids at UW who don't need to go through the early entrance program to take classes there.</p>
<p>It's very easy to take graduate level classes at super young ages there. That is, if you don't find a forum or computer game to lose time on. :p</p>
<p>Anyways I'm in favor of unschooling. There are things you can't learn from school or university or your peers - you can only learn those by either (a) experimenting with your computer or with (b) reading lots of books. If I graduated at 16, I'd be so narrow-minded and I'd be expected to do something to society right upon graduation. I'd much rather experiment on things before there are societal expectations of me - and I can only do those when I'm free from the influence of public schooling.</p>
<p>University can be a form of extended adolescence - as long as the university doesn't kick you out though.</p>