Eight year old off to Uni!

[Roses]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-44668452

A Belgian lad of eight is off to univeristy having finished his schooling in 18 months! Poor child, to be that intelligent he isn't going to be able to lead a normal life.

[Robbie]

On the face of it I agree, there are plenty of other things he could be doing until he is,say, 16. However he will probably be well looked after & if he's happy  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ . I've heard of similar before, sometimes it works and sometimes not. The important thing is that he isn't pushed to do what he doesn't want to do, if he hates it he can drop out.

His dad says they don't care what he does as long as he's happy which is nice.

[Harrowby Hall]

I suppose that when he is in his early teens he will be able to concentrate on his hormonal changes and not have to worry about his Geography homework ...

On a slightly more serious note - I assume that Belgian law requires all children to be in full-time education until (say) 18. If his tertiary level education is successful and he graduates at, perhaps, 11, how would he spend the next seven or so years?   Teaching?

[Rhiannon]

I suppose that when he is in his early teens he will be able to concentrate on his hormonal changes and not have to worry about his Geography homework ...

On a slightly more serious note - I assume that Belgian law requires all children to be in full-time education until (say) 18. If his tertiary level education is successful and he graduates at, perhaps, 11, how would he spend the next seven or so years?   Teaching?

It would depend on the law regarding home ed and other education forms. I'm guessing some kind of post grad research would be the way to go (he wouldn't have the maturity to teach for some time).