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Whenever the bass hums loudly in the old Prinsengracht house in Amsterdam, Laurent learns. "He prefers to learn without a helmet," says his mother Lydia Simons, rolling her eyes in a false horror. Laurent sits next to her at the big round table and smiles maliciously. Right now, he does not have to learn. He has just finished high school and has become almost world famous. Because Laurent is only eight years old.
Very talented, genius, prodigy. Already, the Belgian-Dutch boy is compared to an IQ of 145 by the media with Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking. But it does not give the impression that it would intimidate him. Laurent is a friendly and reserved child. "I want to know things."
It's always been like that, Mother Lydia recalls. "Why, why, why, he always asked." In the meantime, it is more likely that it will be the opposite, she admits. Then she asks the eight-year-old. "He can explain himself and have patience," confirms Father Alexander. "If he likes someone."
Being gifted is someone who has an IQ of over 130. Only about two percent of the German population fall, as informed the Wiesbaden Foundation "Little Foxes". An IQ of 140 is spoken of maximum giftedness. "An IQ of 145 or more can only reach 0.1% – only one in 1,000 people," says Isabel Vöhringer, the foundation's chief psychologist.
What does Laurent mean? He does not know it yet. What he wants to study, however, already: mathematics. It was also his favorite subject at the Gymnasium in Brugge, Belgium, where he spent high school in a few months. Typically, students are 18 when they graduate from Flemish high school, as one school employee says.
Lawrence also found the geography and history funky. "The most interesting thing I found was the cold war." His father is Belgian, his Dutch mother. As both were fully engaged in their dental practice, little Laurent grew up with his grandparents in Ostend, Belgium, for six years.
Before moving to Bruges, Laurent entered a private high school in Amsterdam in January 2017. It went wrong the first week, remembers his mother. "The professor just asked a question that Laurent gave the answer," said Lydia Simons. "Of course, the other kids did not like that either." Eventually, a bespoke instruction kit was developed for him. And most importantly, he had one-to-one lessons. Laurent, his father says, has prospered. "If it's really required, then it's fast, too fast for us."
After the summer
begins the study
The boy finished his primary and secondary education in record time. In Amsterdam, he did an internship with a cardiologist. During the summer holidays, he took special courses for the very talented. And now he has graduated from high school.
But when Laurent was holding the A4 diploma, he reacted like many high school graduates. "I've worked so hard for it now." Laurent laughs when he thinks back to the moment. "But I'm really proud."
After the summer, he wants to start studying. The family is now traveling across Europe in search of a suitable university. No, the eight-year-old boy is not going to sit in the conference room with 20-year-olds. He probably could not look over the edge of the table. He will receive private lessons from teachers. "With a probability of 50% in Belgium or the Netherlands," explains Laurent. Preferably close to grandma and grandpa and his friends.
But first there is the summer vacation. Even a little genius can enjoy idleness. "We are going to Marbella," he says and he is happy: "I can go jet skiing and swim." And he drives with his parents to Europa Park in Baden-Württemberg.
But now he still has to give some interviews. "It's good, but sometimes stupid," he says very diplomatically, because the questions could be really boring.However, parents hope that Laurent will be left alone after the whirlwind and can do what he wants most: thinking and studying. dpa
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