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It's not that unusual. I know many people with a similar educational background. Public schools are also fairly recent. Historically, most people "read" at home before university.
Do you really think a smart person who does nothing but study whenever she gets a free moment in her mid to late teens can't catch up well enough to get an ACT? That that same work ethic can't help a smart person excel at the collegiate level?
She probably studied algebra for more hours in one day out of that text book than I did for an entire semester in high school and I did fine. I don't think it's unrealistic to think she could have excelled given textbooks and time to study them, since she did at least learn to read growing up.
I know young people whose parents considered them gifted and they 'unschooled' (let the kids control their own education, which in these kids' situations meant they chose not to learn math, science, etc.). When they got to their late teens they couldn't even pass the tests to get into the first level classes at the community college. They're in their early twenties now, working 10-20 hours a week, living with their parents and are very resentful. I'm not saying it's impossible, but there are a lot of red flags in this tale.
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It's not that unusual. I know many people with a similar educational background. Public schools are also fairly recent. Historically, most people "read" at home before university.
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Do you really think a smart person who does nothing but study whenever she gets a free moment in her mid to late teens can't catch up well enough to get an ACT? That that same work ethic can't help a smart person excel at the collegiate level?She probably studied algebra for more hours in one day out of that text book than I did for an entire semester in high school and I did fine. I don't think it's unrealistic to think she could have excelled given textbooks and time to study them, since she did at least learn to read growing up.
I know young people whose parents considered them gifted and they 'unschooled' (let the kids control their own education, which in these kids' situations meant they chose not to learn math, science, etc.). When they got to their late teens they couldn't even pass the tests to get into the first level classes at the community college. They're in their early twenties now, working 10-20 hours a week, living with their parents and are very resentful. I'm not saying it's impossible, but there are a lot of red flags in this tale.
