California boy, 12, graduates from college
— with 5 degrees
New York Post,
by
Nicholas McEntyre
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
5/28/2023 10:01:28 AM
A 12-year-old boy who wanted a challenge graduated from a California college last week, where he was presented with a historic five degrees.
The pre-teen, Clovis Hung, is the youngest person to graduate from Fullerton College, the university said.
Hung started attending the school in Fall 2020, when he was just 9 years old and his mother had pulled him out of traditional public school claiming her son was highly self-motivated and goal-oriented.
“Clovis is super inquisitive, mature, diligent, self-disciplined, and highly motivated,” Hung’s mother, Song Choi, said in a statement released by the school. “He is also very curious and traditional public schools could not satisfy his curiosity,
Reply 1 - Posted by:
chance_232 5/28/2023 10:15:59 AM (No. 1479332)
Good for him.
5 California College degrees today is the same as a high school diploma in the 70's. /S/
Still, that's a huge achievement for anyone, let alone a 12 year old.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Vesicant 5/28/2023 10:16:39 AM (No. 1479334)
Fullerton College is a junior college, not a "university." Which is still an accomplishment though.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Quigley 5/28/2023 10:25:57 AM (No. 1479346)
He reminds me of some of the Americans from the post WW2 era who had passionate interests in rocketry and piloting and built our aerospace industry and other basic industries which built this country into such a powerhouse. I remember with a mixture of negative emotions when nasty peelousey was encouraging college students to "learn a musical instrument or a language" instead of pursuing a serious degree or a goal. She and Paul were out making millions and she wanted young people to take it easy, just futz around with something they're not very good at.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Mass Minority 5/28/2023 10:27:58 AM (No. 1479347)
I went to college with a 13 yearold. Kid was very smart, but the skill set was narrow. Life experience is as important as education. It broadens ones perspective and teaches one to see things from more than one perspective. This kid breezed through things like calculus and physics but struggled with history if one went deeper than reciting names and dates. I remember one time he was told to read general mcArthurs autobiography and a, shall we say, less flattering biography. He was really having a hard time understandin why they were so different. McArturs obvious bias and well known overinflated ego were so foriegn a concept.
He was also one of the unhappiest people I knew. He was 13 but stuck in a world of college student with whom he had absolutely nothing in common. He had no freinds that I knew of. I could almost feel the weight of everybody elses expectations crushing him. He seemed to me to really resent where he was and what was expected. I have no idea what happened to him after college, I just hope he was able to break free of all those adults wants and needs and find happiness.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 5/28/2023 10:43:10 AM (No. 1479358)
"Hung, who graduated on May 20 along with Fullerton’s 900 other graduates received five Associate of Arts degrees in History, Social Sciences, Social Behavior and Self-Development, Arts and Human Expression, and Science and Mathematics."
At least no degrees in 'climate science' and 'social justice' so that's promising. Do have to wonder what direction he planning to go with his life.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
WV.Hillbilly 5/28/2023 10:43:21 AM (No. 1479359)
He's 12. What's he going to do now?
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Safari Man 5/28/2023 10:43:44 AM (No. 1479360)
The teachers are unhappy with him because he went through the system so fast they didn’t have time to indoctrinate him
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
DVC 5/28/2023 11:01:03 AM (No. 1479369)
So he "graduated" with AA "degrees".....which most of us didn't even bother with if we were seeking a higher degree, and unless it is a specific training curriculum, like nursing or something, don't really exist.
Sounds like a really smart and hard working kid, but the headline, like many/most today is massively exaggerated.
He'll eventually get some real degrees in a few years in real subjects. Good luck to him, hope he can avoid becoming a Communist along the way.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
FLCracker 5/28/2023 11:08:31 AM (No. 1479376)
He hasn't hit puberty yet. Let's see what happens then. I am suspecting something along the lines of the character "Paige" in "Young Sheldon."
I had friend in junior/senior high school when we were both honors students. She was absolutely DRIVEN, I think by her mother. She took extra summer classes every summer (all of them in hard science or mathematics), graduated high school in her junior year and went on to university the next year, majoring in nuclear physics. I learned later that she had a big burn-out and ended up teaching embroidery in New York City. (I don't remember her having any interest in embroidery in school, but I sure did. I think I would have noticed.)
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
JHHolliday 5/28/2023 11:12:16 AM (No. 1479384)
Re #4. That reminds me of my nephew. Brilliant in some ways. He graduated with honors from an engineering school some 12 years ago but has never had a job, girlfriend or any friend at all. I am no doctor but my guess is Aspergers Syndrome. He is completely devoid of any social skills.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Birddog 5/28/2023 11:13:22 AM (No. 1479386)
Truly a Biden esque scholar, main difference, HE actually did it.
as such, he is clearly a white supremacist, privileged by the racist system.
Bet ya a nickle he gets a call from Elon Musk.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Italiano 5/28/2023 11:23:43 AM (No. 1479397)
He gained five degrees and lost his childhood. No thanks.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Dannee 5/28/2023 11:25:23 AM (No. 1479398)
There are many students with similar curiosity and intelligence enrolled in public schools. The problem is that the ''teaching" is geared to the least common denominator so the smart students are trapped in a boring situation.
Some will find ways to use their creative abilities outside the classes but others become frustrated and become disruptive or worse.
The latest inclusive doctrine hinders so many children from becoming real productive citizens. All part of dumbing down the population to become easier to control...sad.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
DVC 5/28/2023 11:39:01 AM (No. 1479415)
Re #6, finish college....the headline is pretty much bogus.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
red1066 5/28/2023 12:05:04 PM (No. 1479442)
Does the character of Seldon Cooper come to mind? Extremely smart, but completely devoid of any social skills.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
ladydawgfan 5/28/2023 12:37:47 PM (No. 1479455)
For those wondering how he accomplished this, look up CLEP. From Wikipedia:
The College Level Examination Program is a group of standardized tests created and administered by the College Board. These tests assess college-level knowledge in thirty-six subject areas and provide a mechanism for earning college credits without taking college courses.
When I started college, I hung out with a group of fellow students, most of whom were graduates of a local residential math and science academy, a school specifically for advanced and gifted students. Most of my friends had CLEP'd out of so many university courses that they were academic Juniors in their first year. One of them was a 15-year-old pre-med student. Talking to him, you would never know that he was only 15. His brain was that of a 20-year-old. He was friendly, well adjusted, very mature and surrounded by friends who shared his intellectual and didn’t treat him like a freak of nature or someone there to screw up the Bell Curve.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
zephyrgirl 5/28/2023 1:16:19 PM (No. 1479472)
I went to school with a boy like that - super bright but a lot like Sheldon Cooper only with a decided nasty streak. He parents bragged that he was a genius and would be a brilliant physicist. He went into major rebellion in his late teens, took 10 years to graduate college with a degree in forestry, played bass guitar for another 10-15 years subbing in various bands (think hotel bar bands), became a massage therapist, and is now does computer "art."
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 5/28/2023 1:58:17 PM (No. 1479487)
In the late 1980's I was told by state sponsored academic team about my son's abilities. Also, they told me it was a shame he was White, because the available money was only for minorities.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
kono 5/28/2023 2:19:59 PM (No. 1479502)
Outstanding achievement. Even if the set looks kind of like 5 Merit Badges from the traditional Boy Scouts.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
czechlist 5/28/2023 3:22:27 PM (No. 1479543)
William Siddis
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Highlander 5/28/2023 3:39:31 PM (No. 1479551)
Let’s see where he ends up 20 years from now.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Geoman 5/28/2023 3:40:37 PM (No. 1479553)
Even in semi-rural Texas, high school students often co-register with a local or near-by community college such that they receive the credits required to graduate high school but also earn hours towards an Associate Degree. In many instances, the student earns both their HS diploma and an Associates in Arts degree from the community college. More than a few community colleges have "deals" with larger colleges and universities that grant higher degrees. Such "deals" ensure the transferability of community college credits to go towards a Bachelor's degree. While I agree the headline is misleading, the accomplishment of young Clovis Hung, is deserving of acknowledgment and bodes well for his academic future. Unfortunately with race-based admissions into medical schools, he may be passed over, should he apply in lieu of politically chosen but under-qualified minorities, not to include "white" Asians.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
EJKrausJr 5/28/2023 7:11:33 PM (No. 1479629)
What this actually says is how dumbed down college is today. If a 12 year old can get multiple degrees, then we are doomed.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
earlybird 5/28/2023 7:12:28 PM (No. 1479630)
He is Asian. Our public library is full of them after school, studying. Education has a very hgh priority in those families.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
padiva 5/28/2023 10:33:49 PM (No. 1479734)
But what computer games does he know? /s
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
MickTurn 5/29/2023 11:17:02 AM (No. 1480035)
Hopefully he can ignore the Indoctrination.......
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