While most 9-year-olds children they wait how and how to pass the time to finish the lessons and come home or the break to play, there is a peer of theirs, who is considered a child prodigy and just finished high school. David Balogun graduated from Reach Cyber Charter School in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. “They gave me courage. They all supported me, saying about me: He can do that. The other can do it,” said the 9-year-old about the high school.
The little one took online lessons from his home and especially enjoyed the science lessons and the computer programming. “I want to become astrophysical and I want to study black holes and supernovae,” David said. The child prodigy started high school classes just before the closing of the pandemic schools and continued to attend his classes essentially until he earned the required credits to graduate, according to Insider.
The boy genius took less than three years to get his high school diploma and graduated with a GPA above 4.0. David credits some of his favorite teachers with his success. “David was one whiz kidthis definitely changes the way you think about her teaching”said science teacher Cody Derr.
Both his parents David have degrees higher education – but they admit it’s hard to raise a son who is so gifted spiritually.
“I had to do everything outside the “boxes”. Playing pillow fights, throwing the balls around the house,” said his mother, Ronia. “He is a 9-year-old child with a brain that has the ability to understand many concepts, many more than his age. And sometimes beyond what I myself can understand.” Ronya said they tested their son for giftedness in first grade, when he was already above the second grade level for both math and English.
“That’s when I said: He doesn’t need to go to second grade. He should be in third grade. Then COVID hit,” he added. “Two and a half years later, finished high school».
David, because of his abilities, is one of the youngest known high school graduates, according to Oldest.org. The only one younger than him on the list is Michael Kearny – who still holds it Guinness World Record as the youngest person to graduate from high school at the age of 6. However, David beat out one very notable figure on the list: Ronan Farrow. The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist was 11 years old when he graduated from high school.
David’s parents are now trying to find one college which is the right fit for their young son after he completes a semester at Bucks County Community College and they are considering the Ivies, including Princeton, Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania. “We’re still wrestling with all these things, if that makes any sense, to figure out what the right tactics are. Again, he is 9 years old – I am not leaving my child” in a dormitory, said Ronya. “It’s going to take a lot.”
“Am I going to drop my 9-year-old at Harvard while I live in Pennsylvania? No,” said David’s father, Henry. And the two hesitate to send such a young child in a large campus with older students. “You can imagine a 9-year-old running around a campus by himself,” Henry said. “It’s hard for him to focus on what adults usually like. And they might see him as, “Okay, where’s the parent? where is your dad Or where’s your mom?’ While the child’s favorite thing- genius is learning, has other passions such as sports, black belt in martial arts and piano.
Source: News Beast
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