Kid Genius Can't Get Ahead
Angela Lipsman is a really smart kid, but a really, really dumb rule is keeping the 15-year-old from getting a college degree.
Angela, who skipped high school and went straight to college last year, has earned her associate's degree and is on her way to a bachelor's - but she can't have the sheepskins because she never got a high school diploma.
Even worse, the gifted girl's proud dad is being investigated by child protective services for alleged educational neglect - for letting his daughter go to college.
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This is government interference run amok. Needless to say, this girl is very intelligent and her father's been doing his best to make sure that she receives the education she needs; not the education that the state deems necessary.
The liberals want us to depend solely on the government for our needs. I, for one, don't want to depend on the government. If a parent sees that his/her child is more intelligent than the child's teachers, it's time to do something about it. This father loves his daughter. So, instead of forcing her to slow down so that the teachers could keep up with her, he did his best to make sure that she has an education. She's already completed 71 college credits with a 3.84 gpa (that's a high B/low A average for you public school graduates like me). Needless to say, she's able to keep up with the older students.
This is a case of the government wanting to stick their nose in where they have no business sticking it. I am going to write to the director of Albany's child protective services and tell him what I think of this. If anyone else is interested, his name, address, and phone number is here:
ALBANY REGIONAL OFFICE
William Dorr, Acting R.O. Manager
NYS Office of Children and Family Services
Albany Regional Office
155 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY 12210-2329
(518) 402-3038
Angela Lipsman is a really smart kid, but a really, really dumb rule is keeping the 15-year-old from getting a college degree.
Angela, who skipped high school and went straight to college last year, has earned her associate's degree and is on her way to a bachelor's - but she can't have the sheepskins because she never got a high school diploma.
Even worse, the gifted girl's proud dad is being investigated by child protective services for alleged educational neglect - for letting his daughter go to college.
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This is government interference run amok. Needless to say, this girl is very intelligent and her father's been doing his best to make sure that she receives the education she needs; not the education that the state deems necessary.
The liberals want us to depend solely on the government for our needs. I, for one, don't want to depend on the government. If a parent sees that his/her child is more intelligent than the child's teachers, it's time to do something about it. This father loves his daughter. So, instead of forcing her to slow down so that the teachers could keep up with her, he did his best to make sure that she has an education. She's already completed 71 college credits with a 3.84 gpa (that's a high B/low A average for you public school graduates like me). Needless to say, she's able to keep up with the older students.
This is a case of the government wanting to stick their nose in where they have no business sticking it. I am going to write to the director of Albany's child protective services and tell him what I think of this. If anyone else is interested, his name, address, and phone number is here:
ALBANY REGIONAL OFFICE
William Dorr, Acting R.O. Manager
NYS Office of Children and Family Services
Albany Regional Office
155 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY 12210-2329
(518) 402-3038
I think her father really wants the best for her. And, if that includes sending her to college at 15 years old, so be it.
