Should we let wunderkinds drop out of high school?
NEW YORK (AP) — Thomas Sohmers, 17, of Hudson, Mass. , has been working at a research lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since he was 13, developing projects ranging from augmented reality eyewear to laser communications systems. This spring, his mom, Penny Mills, let him drop out of 11th grade. She says she "could see how much of the work he was doing at school wasn't relevant to what he wanted to learn. "On Monday, Thomas and his mom learned that he is in esteemed company...
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