\link{http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/8721603/Six-year-old-girl-passes-maths-GCSE.html(she was 5 when she took it)}
'she takes extra lessons on Saturdays and is not allowed to watch television after school from Monday to Thursday so that she concentrates on her studies.
Her father Charles Thorpe, 44, from Chadwell Heath, east London, said: ''We thought we might as well just give it a go. You see young people in the newspapers who have taken exams and you think, why not?
''I wouldn't say maths is her favourite subject, but when she says she wants to be a doctor I tell her that she must be very good at science and maths.
'' We want her to be outstanding and exceptional in every way .'' '
no pressure then
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Ponders · 25/08/2011 10:03
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