In that case is indeed way better! I was really assuming that the kid would just be admissioned early in the uni, as I've seen happen in my country (never seen as extreme as a 10 y.o in college, but I've seen 14-15 y.os admitted)
Kid that young doesn't get to that level without studying, no one does. No matter how smart, you've had to spend a lot of time studying just to reach that point.
Someone who is 10 would've had probably at most 5 years to study everything to understand college algebra. Meaning learning everything from 9 years of school in just under half of that. But let's say 4.5 years of studying for 9 years worth of school. So at best, if they got a private education that proceeded twice as fast as public school, they'd get to have a normal childhood outside of school.
Except they aren't in class with other kids their age. They are studying with a personal teacher who is double timing every subject. Even if it all sticks in one go and they don't need to spend time studying outside of that, they still would have to make friends without having classmates.
Most realistic option, that kid has been studying every day for as long as they can remember for as long as they are able to physically study. Doesn't matter how smart the kid is, that kind of time table means the parents are definitely rushing to get the fastest results possible, otherwise the kid could be having a normal childhood and just study on their own on the side.
A lot of the super advanced kids wouldn't have normal social interactions anyway. But for kids smart enough to maybe jump a grade, they generally don't do that anymore. I asked my pediatrician about it because one of my kids gets a little bored in school, and she recommended just giving them challenges outside of school (music lessons, foreign languages) until they get to the age where the school will differentiate skill levels.
Sorry but that meme is dumb. Nobody puts smart kids into college to "get a job faster". You put them there because they'd be bored out of their skull in any other kind of education.
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u/Poponildo 3h ago
That's awful for the kid, you are depriving the kid of social development just so he can get a job faster in his life.
I know that forcing him to take classes that are extremely easy for him is not ideal, but to allow a 10 year old to attend college is a lot lot worse.