"She is very, very, very brilliant. She is dedicated. She is passionate. She loves learning. The youngest of five, Cooper taught herself how to read early on and quickly became a stand-out student at her school. She does math at a seventh-grade level and reads on par with high school seniors, according to her mother."
"It really is a lot, but if you really balance it, it can go really smoothly. One of the biggest differences between her two classes is size-33 students in elementary school versus just 12 in college-but she's found a rhythm that keeps her grounded."
"One of the beautiful things that I think that this entire story really demonstrates is that when you raise the bar for students, they will reach it. And they will even blow your mind and exceed it."
Honey Cooper, a ten-year-old fourth grader at Kimbark Elementary School, is simultaneously enrolled in a college-level art class at San Bernardino Valley College. She taught herself to read early and has become an outstanding student, performing math at a seventh-grade level and reading at a high school senior level. Cooper balances her dual enrollment by managing the different class sizes and maintaining focus on her studies. Her school principal emphasizes that raising academic expectations encourages students to exceed them. Cooper prefers physical books to screens, contrasting sharply with peers who average seven-and-a-half hours of daily screen time. She aspires to become a surgeon, artist, or fashion designer.
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