Nine-year-old child genius to graduate university with electrical engineering degree

At the tender age of nine, this boy is set to graduate with a degree in electrical engineering after completing the program in a space of nine months. Laurent Simons, the half-Dutch half-Belgian child prodigy from Amsterdam, is studying electrical engineering at the Eindhoven University of Technology (TUE). It’s considered one of the toughest courses,

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84-yo bored with retirement goes back to college to get bachelor’s degree

An 84-year old Texas woman who just earned her bachelor’s degree proves that age is merely a number. Janet Fein, who has raised five children and worked as a secretary until age 77, unexpectedly didn’t want to spend her retirement years relaxing. Instead, she wanted to work towards achieving another milestone – earning a college

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