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pnwmom

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2. Did you miss this?

Reply to JonLeibowitz (Reply #1)

Tue May 10, 2016, 03:37 AM

May 2016

Last edited Tue May 10, 2016, 05:09 AM - Edit history (1)

Whitley, 16, is on the fast track in school and swimming. In the classroom, his workload includes Mandarin Chinese and Advanced Placement courses in chemistry and algebra.

Advanced Placement classes are usually taken by seniors (he's in 10th grade) and many colleges give college credit or advanced placement for them -- meaning, they can use the credits to bypass freshman year courses.

P.S. Mandarin Chinese is a very challenging language for an English-speaking high school student who hasn't been hearing Chinese at home. Reece is really stretching himself with that schedule -- on top of hours of swimming every day.

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Reece Whitley, a prodigy in and out of the pool, aims for Olympic gold. [View all] pnwmom May 2016 OP

How is Mr. Whitley a prodigy out of the pool? JonLeibowitz May 2016 #1

Did you miss this? pnwmom May 2016 #2

Nope I didn't miss that. JonLeibowitz May 2016 #3

Were they, also, taking Mandarian? And, ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2016 #5

Only one was learning Mandarin (his parent's language, so that doesn't count) JonLeibowitz May 2016 #6

Here is a pic. kwassa May 2016 #4

We'll be seeing a lot more of this young man. nt oasis May 2016 #7