As other 12-year-olds rot their brains watching TikTok dances or whatever else on social media, one 12-year-old girl in California learned enough while home-schooled to graduate with an associate’s degree in studio arts from Los Angeles City College.
That young girl, Fiona Currie, enrolled in LA City College’s dual enrollment program when she was just nine years old, during the Covid-19 lockdowns. The program allowed the young girl to take college classes online. She then quickly completed it and graduated with a 4.0 GPA.
Speaking about what she got out of the school and what she liked about it, Currie told ABC 7, “The only reason I really like college is because it gives me something to work on, and it also gives me so many opportunities to expand my artistic abilities.” She added that she was a bit nervous about getting her degree in front of thousands of people, telling the outlet, “I’ve never actually been on a stage with thousands of people.”
Fiona Currie also said that doing pretty much anything, such as getting a college degree as a young girl, is possible if you put your mind to it. “So many people might feel like doing this is crazy and impossible. If you put your mind into something, it’s never impossible,” she said.
Her father, Roderick Currie, recounted to ABC 7 the first day of her online college experience, noting that the professor was a bit shocked that such a young girl was in his class. “The professor said ‘Little girl, is your mom or dad taking this class?’ Fiona laughed and said ‘No, I’m the student.’ The professor looked shocked but that’s when we knew that Fiona was going to be OK,” Roderick Currie said.
Things evidently worked out well, as not only did Fiona graduate, but she received high praise from L.A. City College’s Armineh Dereghishian, who described her and those bright, curious young people like her as the reason professors show up to teach day in and day out, saying, “It’s the reason we show up every day and we’re so, so proud of Fiona for this.”
Though she already has an associate’s degree, Fiona plans on taking yet more classes at the city college as she progresses through high school.
Homeschooling, which Fiona is doing to help protect her Lupus-afflicted mother, has skyrocketed in popularity in recent years. Many parents were exposed to what their children were learning during the Covid-19 pandemic’s online classes. They were disappointed with the subpar education provided by public schools and horrified by the far-left or inappropriate, sexual nature of what some teachers were telling their children. In fact, homeschooling grew to 11.1 percent of students in the fall of 2021.
It remains to be seen if homeschooling remains as popular as schools return to fully in person learning, though such seems probable given the continued far-left drift of many public schools.
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