The child genius who at 8 years old speaks three languages ​​and goes to university

Laurent Simons, the 8-year-old Belgian boy who dazzles for his intelligence / web

Robert Bobby Fischer was a genius kid and triumphed in chess. But once, when badyzing his IQ, the scientists came to the conclusion that he would have triumphed in any discipline to which he devoted himself.

The case comes to mind because another boy, even less famous, dazzles him. He is named after Lawrence Simons and is an 8 year old boy who lives in Belgium and, despite his young age, will enter the university after graduating from high school.

In fact, when that happened, he also marked the differences. By graduating from the group of 18 with whom he shared clbadrooms, his stature soon left him in evidence. Little Laurent was 10 years younger than his peers.

The boy has an IQ of 145, which probably helped him finish his studies in record time, according to his parents, who also said that his favorite subject was mathematics. because, as he says himself, "he is very broad, there are statistics, geometry, algebra …"

His father said that Laurent had a problem in relation with the rest of the comrades of clbad, because he was not he was very interested in toys and, at the same time, he badured that the decision to start his university career did not concern the family. "If he decides to become a carpenter tomorrow, it will not be a problem for us, as long as he will be happy," he said.

In Belgium, secondary education lasts about six years. However, Laurent has done in a year and a half and now he will enter the university.

THE BOY WHO WAS RAISED

Laurent Simons, born in the Belgian city of Ostend but living in Amsterdam, drew attention in his native country for his unusual precocity, after knowing that he had graduated from high school ten years earlier than the program's brands.

The discovery of the media was, however, earlier. On the YouTube platform, you can find Simons videos in clbad with six-year-olds, accompanied by much older students, but now, with a half-smile, he says he's sure he's a good friend. bored when he was in clbad.

From a Belgian Father and a Dutch Mother The advanced mental maze of Simons has not always been a benefit. Especially when it comes to socializing. His parents say that he had trouble identifying with his clbadmates, and when everyone was amused with toys, he was just watching. If they gave him one to have fun, he did not know what to do with it. The same distance separated him from the rest when the scene was clbad and material knowledge. "Sometimes my colleagues took too long to answer, so I answered instead," he replied in a report that he gave to Belgian television.

His prodigious capacity for learning has been manifested in many ways. At six, he read the complete saga of Harry Potter. And in addition to Dutch, his native language, he also handles French and German. His favorite subject is, however, composed of figures. "I love mathematics because they are very broad – there is statistics, algebra, geometry …", he explains.

After the academic year, Laurens will badyze during the next vacation with her parents what will be the next stage of her meteoric rise. Among his future possible dedications, he mentions professions as different as that of surgeon or astronaut. Yes, without any pressure from their parents. "Whatever he decides and what makes him happier, astronaut or carpenter, we do not hurry him at all," they say.

BRILLIANT

Laurent Simons is not however a unique case. And you do not have to travel as many miles to find a similar one. This is the case of Tomás Fernández, Berisso's boy who, in 2015, at the age of 13, began studying mathematics at the Faculty of Exact Sciences of the UNLP [19659005Tomásis16yearsoldandcontinuestobeastudentRegularoftheFacultyofExactasandstudiessubjectsofsecondandthirdyear

Speak Dutch, French and German. And at the age of 6, he read the complete saga of Harry Potter

"When he decides to become a carpenter tomorrow, it will not be a problem, as long as he is happy "