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Smartest Kids In Britain, Nigerians (pics) by Nobody: 11:50am On Mar 06, 2013
Peter and Paula Imafidon, 9-year-old twins from Waltham Forest in northeast London , area part of the highest-achieving clan in the history of Great Britain education. The two youngest siblings are about to make British history as the youngest students to ever enter high school. They astounded veteran experts ofacademia when they became the youngest to ever pass the University of Cambridge ’s advanced mathematics exam. That’s on top of the fact they have set world records when they passed the A/AS-level math papers.
Chris Imafidon, their father, said he’s not concerned about his youngest children’s ability to adapt to secondary school despite their tender age. “We’re delighted with the progress they have made,” he said. “Because they are twins they are always able to help and support each other.”
To Peter and Paula’s parents, this is nothing new. Chris Imafidon said he and his wife have been through this before: they have other super-gifted, overachieving children.
Peter and Paula’s sister, Anne-Marie, now 20, holds the world record as the youngest girl to pass the A-level computing, when she was just 13.
She is now studying at arguably the most renowned medical school in the United States , Johns Hopkins University , in Baltimore .
Another sister, Christina, 17, is the youngest student to ever get accepted and study at an undergraduate institution at any British university at the tender age of 11.
And Samantha, now age 12, had passed two rigorous high school-level mathematics and statistics exams at the age of 6, something that her twin siblings, Peter and Paula, also did.
Chris Imafidon migrated to London from Nigeria in West Africa over 30 years ago. And despite his children’s jaw-dropping, history-making academic achievements, he denies there is some “genius gene” in his family. Instead, he credits his children’s success to the Excellence in Education program for disadvantaged inner-city children.
“Every child is a genius,” he told British reporters.
“Once you identify the talent of a child and put them in the environment that will nurture that talent, then the sky is the limit. Look at Tiger Woods or the Williams sisters [Venus and Serena] — they were nurtured. You can never rule anything out with them. The competition between the two of them makes them excel in anything they do.”

Re: Smartest Kids In Britain, Nigerians (pics) by ATMC(f): 12:08pm On Mar 06, 2013
Interesting
Re: Smartest Kids In Britain, Nigerians (pics) by LongOne1(m): 12:14pm On Mar 06, 2013
Nice to see Nigerians making positive news headlines, particularly as it is in London.

Children from balanced backgrounds, (with a father and mother figure) tend to perform well.

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Re: Smartest Kids In Britain, Nigerians (pics) by Nobody: 12:14pm On Mar 06, 2013
ATMC: Interesting

Really interesting
Re: Smartest Kids In Britain, Nigerians (pics) by Nobody: 8:39am On Mar 08, 2013
Long One: Nice to see Nigerians making positive news headlines, particularly as it is in London.

Children from balanced backgrounds, (with a father and mother figure) tend to perform well.

Big lesson to every family
Re: Smartest Kids In Britain, Nigerians (pics) by iamswizz(m): 10:29pm On Mar 08, 2013
Long One: Nice to see Nigerians making positive news headlines, particularly as it is in London.

Children from balanced backgrounds, (with a father and mother figure) tend to perform well.
bros forget that side.. child wey go excel go excel.

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