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There’s no shame in not being the sharpest kid in your college class. Some people are simply smarter than others. But when the college kid who’s smarter than you is an 11-year-old boy…well, that’s a little harder to accept. But that’s precisely the situation some students are finding themselves in at the University of Toledo in Ohio because one of their classmates just happens to be a child prodigy named Daniel Liu.
“This genius kid is 11 and in my organic chemistry class,” wrote Cigdem Kahyaoglu, 19, who shared a picture of her youngest classmate on Twitter recently. “He said if we have questions to just email him.” Since then the tweet has been liked more than 230k times, but Daniel (who goes to high school but takes some classes at the university) is no stranger to fame. He’s already met Bill Nye (the Science Guy), and he’s even met Obama when collecting the $10,000 college education scholarship that he won at the White House Science Fair. Did we mention that this smart kid is only eleven?
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Daniel Liu is 11-years-old, but that doesn’t stop him from studying organic chemistry at the University of Toledo in Ohio!
His classmate tweeted a picture of him recently and it instantly went viral. Daniel’s no stranger to fame though. Here he is with Bill Nye the Science Guy!
He even met Barack Obama at the White House Science Fair after winning a $10,000 scholarship
Did we mention he’s only eleven?
The tweet has already been shared over 230k times, and as you can see, the internet can’t get enough of him
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Aunt Messy 8 years ago
I see a few comments below wondering about the emotional development of an 11 year old going to school with much older kids. Rest assured, he is fine. Smart kids are adaptable. They adjust. There was a time when parents and teachers would force very bright kids (disclosure, I was one of those kids) to stay with kids their own age in school because of "socialization issues". Apparently, being forced to endure endless boredom in a room of people who wouldn't understand page one of the book you're currently reading and resent that fact is "healthy". Not. Bright kids get bored. I know I was, and my reading on the subject concurs. Bored kids get into all kinds of trouble, and because their also bright bored kids, they just don't get caught.
Kevin Camp 8 years ago
It does go to show where the focus of some younger people is at. One is focused on his future and the importance of his education, while another is more worried about how Twitter famous he is. Good for Daniel. Much respect to him, whether the work is hard for him and he studies like mad or its easy for him and he needs more difficult studies to drive his intellect.
Melody Lanzatella 8 years ago
It is NOT that he is "more focused". So you are saying that if ANY 11 year old were "more focused" they could accomplish the same things? He is obviously physiologically gifted with an above normal I.Q.
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Aunt Messy 8 years ago
I see a few comments below wondering about the emotional development of an 11 year old going to school with much older kids. Rest assured, he is fine. Smart kids are adaptable. They adjust. There was a time when parents and teachers would force very bright kids (disclosure, I was one of those kids) to stay with kids their own age in school because of "socialization issues". Apparently, being forced to endure endless boredom in a room of people who wouldn't understand page one of the book you're currently reading and resent that fact is "healthy". Not. Bright kids get bored. I know I was, and my reading on the subject concurs. Bored kids get into all kinds of trouble, and because their also bright bored kids, they just don't get caught.
Kevin Camp 8 years ago
It does go to show where the focus of some younger people is at. One is focused on his future and the importance of his education, while another is more worried about how Twitter famous he is. Good for Daniel. Much respect to him, whether the work is hard for him and he studies like mad or its easy for him and he needs more difficult studies to drive his intellect.
Melody Lanzatella 8 years ago
It is NOT that he is "more focused". So you are saying that if ANY 11 year old were "more focused" they could accomplish the same things? He is obviously physiologically gifted with an above normal I.Q.
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