10-year-old takes university math class

Agence France-Presse

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Gifted Janisch has already skipped 3 grades in primary school

GENIUS. Maximilan Janisch is way ahead of his time. Screen grab from YouTube (ALLONEXUS+)

GENEVA, Switzerland – A 10-year-old boy who passed a Swiss final high school math exam for fun is taking a special course in the subject at the prestigious Zurich University, the institution said Wednesday.

Maximilan Janisch, whose father is a retired math professor, is the youngest child to ever be allowed to follow such a course at the university, its president Michael Hengartner told AFP.

“He’s a very intelligent child,” Hengartner said, pointing out that the boy, whose parents are German, “understands a lot of concepts for his age.”

Gifted Janisch has already skipped 3 grades in primary school, but cannot officially enrol at the university since he does not have a complete high school diploma.

Instead, he will follow a specialized course aimed at talented high school seniors wanting to get a leg-up on the university curriculum.

The boy told the SonntagsZeitung weekly earlier this year that he was “not a specialist at making friends” since his classmates were so much older than him.

“I can’t find anyone with whom I can discuss Archimedes (a mathematician in ancient Greece), and most people don’t even know who (renowned 19th-century German mathematician Carl Friederich) Gauss is,” he complained. – Rappler.com

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