5th grader blocked from testing into Gifted , parents homeschooled her & now...

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5th grader was blocked from trying to test into Gifted and Talented program. Parents decided to homeschool her instead. 6 years later...she is now in LAW SCHOOL at 16.




This 16-year-old was accepted at nine law schools
By Debra Cassens Weiss

March 18, 2019, 8:15 am CDT




Haley Taylor Schlitz loves learning and likes standardized tests. She is looking forward to classes this fall at Southern Methodist University's Dedman School of Law.

Taylor Schlitz is only 16 years old, but she was in demand for a number of law schools, Texas Lawyer reports. Though Texas Lawyer reports that five law schools offered her a place in their 1L class, she informed the ABA Journal that she was actually accepted to nine law schools in total.

Taylor Schlitz’s parents took her out of public school in the fifth grade and began home schooling because they weren’t happy with the education, Schlitz tells Texas Lawyer.

“I was just being taught to pass the end-of-the-year test to get to the next grade,” she says. “I wasn’t being taught to learn.”

Nor was she allowed to take the test to enter the gifted program in public schools. Her parents had her privately tested and found she was gifted.

Taylor Schlitz graduated high school at the age of 13. She went to community college and then to Texas Woman’s University. She will graduate in May.

At first Taylor Schlitz wanted to be a doctor. Then she realized she wanted to fight inequality. Her experience as a person of color who was denied a chance to enter the gifted program “sparked a fire in me,” she said.

Taylor Schlitz tells Texas Lawyer the LSAT was “really fun” because it was more of a puzzle. “I didn’t really see it as a test, per se, but more like a game. It was awesome,” she said.

Though she wants to fight educational inequality, she is also interested in intellectual property. “It sounds cool,” she said

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Straight up, if you're a parent (I'm not so I don't know), your basic eduction is good to the point you can explain math, science, critical thinking, music, etc. to your child and you have the time, wouldn't it make more sense to homeschool your kid, focusing on the big skills, while avoiding the indoctrination, BS lessons and discipline :mjpls: that the teacher gives?

Then your kid will be advanced (in skills that matter) by the time they are of age to go to college and can then go the Jr. college route to transfer.

They get real-world skills from their parents' experience, without the indoctrination and one-sided bs history lessons that the school/education system place in the curriculum. Then they learn more accurate representation of the truth through the more rigorous (and somewhat exact) college textbooks.

I've seen way too many teachers get exposed that really dislike and half-ass their job yet they're in charge of building the next generations and generations and generations after that.

Edit: for social skills they can go to some after school programs, hang out with relatives or bonus if they grew up in a neighborhood with kids their age.

Edit x2: saw she got her degree in a later post. Congrats to that youngster :obama:.
 
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Straight up, if you're a parent (I'm not so I don't know), your basic eduction is good to the point you can explain math, science, critical thinking, music, etc. to your child and you have the time, wouldn't it make more sense to homeschool your kid, focusing on the big skills, while avoiding the indoctrination and BS lessons and discipline :mjpls: that the teacher gives?

Then your kid will be advanced (in skills that matter) by the time they are of age to go to college and can then go the Jr. college route to transfer.

They get real-world skills from their parents' experience, without the indoctrination and one-sided bs history lessons that the school/education system place in the curriculum. Then they learn more accurate representation of the truth through the more rigorous (and somewhat exact) college textbooks.

I've seen way too many teachers get exposed that really dislike and half-ass their job yet they're in charge of building the next generations and generations and generations after that.
Yes and no.

majority of the ppl home schooled that I know either wrecked their lives when they got freedom, or they were painfully socially awkward.

IMO education continues with age and you are going to learn all the time. But you can't remove a social foundation and get the same results.

i rather my kid be in regular ass classes and graduate with their peers while being socially prepped for life than be super smart for their age and never learn how to navigate people or self confidence.

extracurriculars can only do so much
 

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Straight up, if you're a parent (I'm not so I don't know), your basic eduction is good to the point you can explain math, science, critical thinking, music, etc. to your child and you have the time, wouldn't it make more sense to homeschool your kid, focusing on the big skills, while avoiding the indoctrination, BS lessons and discipline :mjpls: that the teacher gives?

Then your kid will be advanced (in skills that matter) by the time they are of age to go to college and can then go the Jr. college route to transfer.

They get real-world skills from their parents' experience, without the indoctrination and one-sided bs history lessons that the school/education system place in the curriculum. Then they learn more accurate representation of the truth through the more rigorous (and somewhat exact) college textbooks.

I've seen way too many teachers get exposed that really dislike and half-ass their job yet they're in charge of building the next generations and generations and generations after that.

Edit: for social skills they can go to some after school programs, hang out with relatives or bonus if they grew up in a neighborhood with kids their age.
I second this i was homeschooled. My intellect peeked throughout my high school years. When i did my sophomore year in school i was breezing through subjects :wow:
 

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Blavity U's Haley Taylor Schlitz To Become Youngest Black American To Graduate Law School


b/y Kahlil Haywood

April 22, 2022 at 12:08 pm

Haley Taylor Schlitz has been a writer for Blavity’s Gen Z vertical, Blavity U since last September. Her thoughtful commentary has added nothing but quality and thought provocation to the brand. But writing isn’t all that she does. Haley Taylor Schlitz has also been a law student at SMU’s Dedman School of Law for 3 years.

On May 13th, 2022 Haley Taylor Schlitz will become the youngest American to graduate from law school at 19 years old. This type of excellence should never go unnoticed and to be frank, it’s greatness is hard to quantify.

According to a press release from SMU’s Dedman School of Law, Haley was accepted to the law school at the age of 16. What is even more astonishing is that Haley was also accepted into 8 other law programs across the country.


What Haley has accomplished academically so far is nothing short of awe inspiring. Here at Blavity where we dedicate our days to highlighting Black greatness, we would be remiss if we didn’t highlight one of our own. So we congratulate Haley Taylor Schlitz on this huge accomplishment. She is a beacon for so many others in our community to follow.

Blavity U's Haley Taylor Schlitz To Become Youngest Black American To Graduate Law School - Blavity
 
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