Boy set to graduate University of Minnesota at age 13

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https://www.fox9.com/news/13-year-old-set-to-graduate-from-u-of-m

Boy set to graduate University of Minnesota at age 13

By Leah Beno
Published April 21, 2022 8:44PM
Updated 8:46PM
University of Minnesota

(FOX 9) - As a fourth-year physics major with a math minor, 13-year-old Elliott Tanner is on the verge of graduating yet remains one of the youngest students at the University of Minnesota.

"Sometimes there is sort of a ‘wow’ period for a week or two and then everyone just kinda gets used to seeing me in class, and it becomes a normal occurrence," Tanner told FOX 9.

Elliott says he wants to be a high-energy theoretical physicist and ultimately a professor of physics at the University of Minnesota. His mom, Michelle Tanner, says he started reading and doing math by age 3. A few years of homeschooling, and he tore through the high school curriculum when he was ages 7 and 8, and started college at 9-years-old.

"People who hear Elliott’s story say he doesn’t get to be a kid, or he grew up too fast," Michelle said. "He still very much is a kid and the only difference is he goes to school in a different building."

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[Scottie Mom]

1. Love the Mom's 'rude.

Just a regular kid...simply goes to school in a different building.

[Effete Snob]

2. So, he'll have to work a lot longer to qualify for social security

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3. How so? n/t

[Effete Snob]

4. Math

65 - 14 = 51

65 - 18 = 47

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5. Well 14 year olds are certainly further from 65 than 18 year olds. Any 14 y.o., not just this one.

They don't have to work any more than anyone else to qualify for social security. I'm pretty sure the minimum work requirement is 10 years (40 credits). It's the same for this young man as anyone else.

Also, you can start drawing benefits at 62.