No disrespect but I dunno about this. Would you trust a 18yr old doctor?
She 13 now and will be done by 18.
Props to the sista, and she will definitely have a bright future. She reminds of the lil dude who started engineering school at 14 in Georgia. But I have my reservations about this one. For some reason I'm perfectly cool with a 18yr old being an engineer and making lifeless code or synthetic machines in lab; but giving control of a human life to a teenager is kinda iffy for me.
Her own brain isn't even fully developed at this stage yet, God forbid some stressful situation occurs in the hospital and somebody dies...
Am I wrong here? Part of me supports it cause I'm proud to see her out there, but I'm also worried about outcomes.
Article link: -> 13-year-old girl accepted into medical school, making history
"According to KPNX-TV and The Birmingham Times, Alena Analeigh Wicker, who was just 12 when she graduated from high school, is already a college junior after piling on the courses at Arizona State University and Alabama’s Oakwood University. Now, she has another accomplishment to add to her list: early acceptance into the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Heersink School of Medicine.
Although Alena initially entered college with aspirations of studying engineering and pursuing a career with NASA, she quickly changed course after visiting Jordan and working with the mentorship and scholarship organization she founded, The Brown STEM Girl, according to KPNX. Her new goal – to become a viral immunologist – “really came from my passion for volunteering and going out there, engaging with the world,” she told the TV station.
Alena, who was a finalist for Time’s Top Kid of the Year award, said she hopes to become a doctor by age 18, KPNX reported."
She 13 now and will be done by 18.
Props to the sista, and she will definitely have a bright future. She reminds of the lil dude who started engineering school at 14 in Georgia. But I have my reservations about this one. For some reason I'm perfectly cool with a 18yr old being an engineer and making lifeless code or synthetic machines in lab; but giving control of a human life to a teenager is kinda iffy for me.
Her own brain isn't even fully developed at this stage yet, God forbid some stressful situation occurs in the hospital and somebody dies...
Am I wrong here? Part of me supports it cause I'm proud to see her out there, but I'm also worried about outcomes.
Article link: -> 13-year-old girl accepted into medical school, making history
"According to KPNX-TV and The Birmingham Times, Alena Analeigh Wicker, who was just 12 when she graduated from high school, is already a college junior after piling on the courses at Arizona State University and Alabama’s Oakwood University. Now, she has another accomplishment to add to her list: early acceptance into the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Heersink School of Medicine.
Although Alena initially entered college with aspirations of studying engineering and pursuing a career with NASA, she quickly changed course after visiting Jordan and working with the mentorship and scholarship organization she founded, The Brown STEM Girl, according to KPNX. Her new goal – to become a viral immunologist – “really came from my passion for volunteering and going out there, engaging with the world,” she told the TV station.
Alena, who was a finalist for Time’s Top Kid of the Year award, said she hopes to become a doctor by age 18, KPNX reported."
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