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11 Year Old Graduates College

Posted 36 months ago|19 comments|1,057 views
Written by
Tina W
Portland, OR
Moshe Kai Cavalin is going to walk across the stage at East Los Angeles Community College and accept his bachelor’s degree in astrophysics tomorrow. But Moshe Kai Cavalin is unique among all other college graduates – he’s only 11 years old!

Unlike other child geniuses, Moshe Kai Cavalin has gotten A+ his whole life. But he’s not satisfied. He says he wants to compete in the 2016 Olympics and get a gold medal in a martial art, and become a movie actor someday.

He specializes in algebra and advanced astronomy, but still likes to play soccer and go to the movies.

"I don't consider myself a genius because there are 6.5 billion people in this world and each one is smart in his or her own way," he said.

Still, an 11-year-old gradating college is impressive. But why did he go to East LA’s Community College? That’s not exactly Harvard. Jus’ sayin’.
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YammeringBuoy
YammeringBuoy
36 months ago: Nice, the kids is intellectually TOPS and he aspires to be an actor...great, money well spent..a day on set oughta cure that tho'.
36 months ago: No kidding Siempre. Who knows what he will become if he doesn't have the chance to be a kid first. With a brain like that he could also be the worst serial killer the world has ever seen just lying in wait.
RickE50
RickE50
Randolph, MA
36 months ago: Siempre, Cypress what makes you two child psychologists think he was pushed. Looks to me like he pushed the education system. The interview I watched with him shows a happy,nice, and generous kid with big dreams. Good for him.
36 months ago: RickE, don't misread our statements. Your right he has pushed the system. Yes, good for him. Neither Siempre or myself was negative towards the kid. Proud parents can also get caught up in the moment. My point was that while an 11 year old might have higher analytical brain functions they also need time to develope emotionally as a child. You strap this kind of pressure on an 11 year old and sooner or later they might just pop.
RickE50
RickE50
Randolph, MA
36 months ago: Cypress, I did not misread your comments. You questioned his being allowed to be a kid. You even appear to have half put words in the parents mouths with your comment “Yes my child is a genius so let me push him through the educational system so he can get a job at NASA? Where did you read that? Elsewhere I read the parents initially resisted putting him in college at 8 but the private school they wanted wouldn't accept him. His initial enrollment in college carried a single academic course and phys ed. These do not appear to be some academic little league parents pushing a kid hoping he gets into the majors.
36 months ago: I don't think this child will have any problem getting into the majors. As long as he stays stable.

I didn't put any words in the parents mouth.
I made a true statement. You must disagree.

"Proud parents can also get caught up in the moment."
YammeringBuoy
YammeringBuoy
36 months ago: So what, the kid breezed through schools, Congrats and kudos! he'll still be a kid and will still make mistakes like everyone else in his house and on the planet.
Why can't people see this as humans developing and progressing? Wha, wha, wha...cheese and rice, peeps.
36 months ago: ? HuH - breezing through school? My best dream for my kid.

But, my kid will still have the time to be a kid and fall down and scrape his knee. One thing about knowledge. If you never fail you never learn real life. Real life, you learn from failures and mistakes. That information will be what you need to keep from repeating them. Smart or not. If you don't have common sense to call on your doomed.

YammeringBuoy
YammeringBuoy
36 months ago: Yes "breeze" through, how quickly did you or yours get through it? relatively speaking he breezed through.
As for the rest of what you've said..HUH? What?, are you simply re-emphasizing what I've already said?
36 months ago: Actually, I was held back in the old school method as I was bored most of the time in the 1960's. I was sent without parental consent to counseling and phyco analysis but they could find nothing wrong with this problem child that was acting out and disruptive to the rest of the class.

I have a child that has been able to do math equations since he was 4 years old. I not talking complex but for a 4 year old to add and subtract 3 digit (999) numbers in their head is a good sign that there might be something there. He has been advanced into a talented program. We will not allow him to advance above age/grade at this time.

Does that answer your question?

TheLegendTomWing
TheLegendTomWing
 Administrator
 Philadelphia, PA
36 months ago: Well put Siempre, i agree. Although, if your child is gifted that way, imagine the amazing things he could do with their encouragement!
amishking
amishking
 Moderator
 Auburn, NY
36 months ago: Imagine the social problems that kid had in college! I thought I had trouble getting beer and finding chicks to take home.
I could have told you he was Asian before I looked at the picture.
YammeringBuoy
YammeringBuoy
36 months ago: Siempre and everyone else that supports this assumption, where exactly does any mention of his parents forcing him to do anything, get mentioned? Where are they living through him?
It sounds egoistic of people to think that his parents are living vicariously through him, maybe he's got very supporting and loving parents?
My own daughter, 9, comes home with top notch grades, I mean Top, my son 8 does the same. They have cousins, one a genius, literally, is off to Africa to do some charity work after advancing into college level before H.S. and his siblings aren't far behind in the cerebral department. No one here living through the kids. All of them are out-going and not planning to start nestling with a gun in a bell tower any time soon.
Here's a link to more on the kid: http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/11-Year-Old-Graduates-From-LA-College.html?yhp=1
There's alot of grandiose assumptions being tossed around here.
36 months ago: I don't think anyone means to be judging the parents as much as you seem to think they are. I think they are simply expressing concern, because it is a well known fact that most brilliant children have problems socially, especially when they are taken out of their grade. Everbody wants to offer their child as many opportunities as possible, and allow them to grow and learn, but there is a fine line. Sometimes it is better for the child to keep them with their peers. I'm sure this child would have been able to be stimulated intelectually without removing him from an environment with peers his own age. That's not to say he doesn't associate with children his own age, but if he is that far ahead in school, then he is probably not developing at the same rate as his peers socially. School plays a big part in the social developement of a child.

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