Esthe Okade is from Walsall, an industrial town in the UK’s West Midlands region, and is one of the country’s youngest college freshmen. The talented
10-year-old enrolled at the Open University, a UK-based distance
learning college, in January and is already top of the class, having
recently scored 100% in a recent exam.
“It’s so
interesting. It has the type of maths I love. It’s real maths —
theories, complex numbers, all that type of stuff,” she giggles. “It was
super easy. My mum taught me in a nice way.”
She adds: “I
want to (finish the course) in two years. Then I’m going to do my PhD
in financial maths when I’m 13. I want to have my own bank by the time
I’m 15 because I like numbers and I like people and banking is a great
way to help people.”
And in case people think her parents have pushed her into starting university early, Esther emphatically disagrees.
“I actually
wanted to start when I was seven. But my mum was like, “you’re too
young, calm down.” After three years of begging, mother Efe finally
agreed to explore the idea.
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