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FBaggins

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9. It doesn't have to.

Reply to nichomachus (Reply #7)

Thu Jan 28, 2016, 04:56 PM

Jan 2016

A licensed vocational nurse has to have significantly more educational background than a maintenance worker who never even went to high school (let alone graduate from one). The title better fits the "came from nuthin'" line.

It isn't as though the story leaves her out.

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Son of maintenance worker gets perfect score on AP Calculus exam -- 1 of 12 in the world to do so [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2016 OP

If Caltech doesn't want to give him a free ride exboyfil Jan 2016 #1

Good idea. The midwest is famous for its L'Hôpitality. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2016 #3

We are definitely not Leibnutz in this state exboyfil Jan 2016 #4

It will be the last thing he ever does. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2016 #5

I just emailed this to my son, cloudbase Jan 2016 #2

See? I told you those damn immigrants nichomachus Jan 2016 #6

BTW -- the headlines on this are kind of ticking me off nichomachus Jan 2016 #7

It doesn't have to. FBaggins Jan 2016 #9

Hopefully colleges are rushing to give him scholarships bluestateguy Jan 2016 #8

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This teenager is one of 12 students in the world who aced the AP Calculus exam mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2016 #11

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