America
Indian-American kid graduates with three degrees
Washington, May 23
An 11-year-old
Indian-American kid, has graduated from a Californian college with three
associate degrees in math, science and foreign language studies. At an
age, when most kids of his age are busy scrolling through iPads or
smartphones, this Indian American is different.
Tanishq Abraham
is now the youngest person to graduate from American River College in
Sacramento, California, KCRA Sacramento reported.
“This is not much of a big deal to me," said Abraham, who graduated with a 4.0 score and three associate degrees.
Abraham not only plans to become a doctor, but also win a Nobel Prize. Besides, he wants to become the US president in future.
“Three
Associate college degrees - Awesome feeling - completed my first few
baby steps to my BIG goal- @NobelPrize med doctor/researcher &
@POTUS,†Abraham tweeted.
Last year, he received his high school graduation diploma at a private ceremony in front of his friends and family.
He even received a congratulatory letter from the US President Barack Obama.
According
to Abraham, some of his fellow graduates were “intimidated†by him but
“a lot were really happy that there was a kid in their classâ€.
“Even
in kindergarten, he was pretty ahead, a few years ahead -- and then it
just went from there,†Abraham's mother, Taji Abraham, a veterinarian,
told KCRA-TV.
One of the best aspect of his graduation was his
college graduation cap. The boy wrote his favourite “Toy Story†quote on
the top of the cap:“2 Infinity and Beyond.â€
He later thanked his
parents for their contributions to his learning -- and posted several
photos of himself and his family on Twitter having a meal at “my
favourite restaurant' to celebrate his graduation.
Abraham was
just four-years-old, when he was accepted to MENSA; a group for people
whose Intelligence Quotient (IQ) is in the top two percent of the
population. His younger sister aged four also became a member.
During
his childhood, he wrote astronomy blogs for NASA. Exhilarated, Abraham
is planning to take an eight-week Calculus II course this summer and
also a family vacation.