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Meanwhile in the zoo, their leaders are still arguing whether university admissions should be for 16 or 18 years olds.

*17-year-old earns Bachelor's degree from YSU before graduating high school*

One Poland Seminary High School senior is preparing for her high school graduation at the end of the month. But she's already a few steps ahead of the rest.

Bianca Patrone will walk the stage at Youngstown State University, receiving a Bachelor's degree before she even earns her high school diploma.

17-year-old Bianca Patrone started taking college courses through YSU's College Credit Plus program when she was just 13.

Patrone learned about YSU’s College Credit Plus program after listening in on a senior assembly at her high school.

“I just stood right in the doorway and I listened because it was for the seniors," Patrone said. "I realized when I researched it that you could start in seventh grade. So, I decided to start that summer before my eighth-grade year started."

"I said, 'Are you sure?" said Sarah Eisnaugle Bika, Program Coordinator and Biological Sciences Instructor. "She wanted the challenge and some students really want the challenge." Eisnaugle Bika worked closely with Patrone during her journey as her advisor at YSU. "This is a lot of hard work. It takes a tremendous amount of time and not everybody can do what Bianca accomplished."

Patrone is the first student in the CCP program to earn a Bachelor's degree just weeks before her high school graduation.

"I'm just very proud," Patrone said to 21 News. "I've worked so hard to get here. I knew when I started the fall semester that graduating this spring was a possibility. Once I figured that out, I knew that it would be my end goal to get here. Now that it's here, it's so shocking but exciting."

She's had a strong support system, earning the necessary high school and college credits. It was a challenge completing internships at such a young age because employers were hesitant to hire a teenager.

"She was just very focused so the very first time I met her, she was very driven," Eisnaugle Bika said. "She had a passion for what she wanted to do and she knew exactly what she was going to do and how she was going to get there. She found all the courses needed. If something at YSU didn't fit in with her schedule, she would go take it at Eastern Gateway Community College. She was very flexible with how she accomplishes what she wants. Once she sets her mind to something, it's obvious that she has clear intentions on doing it."

Patrone doesn't believe she sacrificed giving up the traditional high school experience. "I honestly feel like this is a better opportunity for a lot of people my age," Patrone said. “I had so many opportunities through this program. I gained some much-needed experience in networking and it molded me into the person I am today.”

"She gave up a lot of her high school experience because that was important to her," Eisnaugle Bika added. "She mapped out her courses. She would take some courses online in the summer, the fall, and in the spring semesters."

Patrone hopes to be an influence to other teens, letting them know the possibilities offered through the CCP program.

"This program is so overlooked and not a lot of people know or talk about it," Patrone said. "I want to get it out there for not just kids my age but for other people out there who could take advantage of it."

"Because of Bianca's influence, we have younger students interested in our CCP program," Eisnaugle Bika added. "It's a great thing but it's something we often caution against. You never want a student to put themselves over their head. My biggest concern is a student doing this and then not being able to do well and then maybe feeling like college isn't for them or setting themselves up with a low GPA. Those are all things Bianca knew coming in and she took on those risks with confidence."

With a Bachelor's in Business Administration now under her belt, the 17-year-old has real-estate opportunities in London or California she could dive into next.

Patrone's dream is to open an international real estate company. She formally receives her Bachelor's this Sunday, May 5 at YSU. She will receive her high school diploma from Poland Seminary High School on May 25.

“I wanted to build a story and create something memorable for other people like me, who just want a different approach to education," Patrone concluded.

Patrone's younger brother is on the same track, also planning to earn a bachelor's through YSU's CCP program before graduating high school.




https://www.wfmj.com/story/50746095/17yearold-earns-bachelors-degree-from-ysu-before-graduating-high-school

Okete001:
Hehehe

Abeg Niger should not put us in trouble.

Their country can be used as battlefield but abeg they should not extend it to Nigeria.

I still get N3,600 for Access bank and na me go spend am.

the only person that can put the country in trouble is the drug baron in Abuja that imposed sanctions on Niger and want to invade the country in the guise of ECOWAS because his Western masters told him to do so.

Jodybarton:
We never still see the chest beaters own, ogini?

they're at least three Igbos on that list.

Rigged elections, the INEC published data means nothing

But Cardoso and Wale Edun are already blaming him by complaining about inheriting a badly managed economy from him. Tribalism might eventually tear this government apart.

Obi is the man of the moment and he doesn't like he's leaving the centre stage anytime soon that's why they're attacking him non stop.

SolnergyPower:
It is the load that's in question and not size of the family.

What do you want to power?

normal family requirements, mostly fridge, freezer, pumping water, television, microwave, ironing of clothes,home theatre, television etc. No plans of air conditioners for now due to personal reasons but it can change in the future. The planned doesn't have electricity yet but electric pole is less than 2 kilometres away

That's childish, just walk away.

During the corona lockdown,a certain school requires it's staff to come to school on daily basis and often fix classroom cleaning and grass cutting for them, they were probably afraid that the staffs might use the time to train themselves for better jobs so they make sure that they're always in school, private schools are slave camps. In Anambra state, the state governor is forcing newly recruited teachers to sign a bond to work for the state for a minimum of ten years or repay back previous one year salary if they choose to resign, starting salary is 45-50k, too many horrible stories yet we wonder why our educational system is on the decline. Nigeria needs applicable labour laws, school proprietors now threaten to arrest teachers that left on short notice to take up better jobs, they request minimum of three months notice yet they don't give such notice before sacking teachers.

SolnergyPower:
Except it's an emergency and the batteries are fully charged otherwise we won't advise you to.

but can 3.5kva with two batteries serve an average Nigerian family?

EleventhWeirdo:
Good. Now, Government should remodel our polytechnics as technical training institutes for certificated courses like modern welding technology, construction designs and carpentry, automotive repairs and product management. And Government should fund the training institutes heavily. These courses can take our young population to Europe and Dubai to make money. We should forego empty paper qualifications and only professional courses like Medicine, law, pharmacy etc. should be taken at government universities. Trust me, we will say bye bye to graduate unemployment in 10 years to come.

that is exactly what polytechnics are meant for but the polytechnics themselves have long long focus of that.

OALandAgents:
She is is a young woman approx age 18-24, not a nurse as she is wearing a white dress that is too short to be a nurses uniform.

She was riding a motorbike (not as a passenger but as a driver) and attempted to drive past a group of 3 or 4 masquerades one of whom whipped her hard and she fell of her bike and ran to a deep gutter as the masquerades continued to prepare to whip her she jumped into the gutter.

I am suspecting that she may be a foreigner unaware of local traditions and was completely caught off guard .

Exactly, she's not supposed to ride through their their midst, she's actually at fault.

David8107518434:
Nigeria too sweet
A solar engineer and a guru
8107518434

can a 3.5kva solar system with two batteries serve 1.5 hp pump at night without problem or exhausting the batteries?

SolnergyPower:
Options:

a. Solar pump with battery backup at night. You can use this at night and during the day. This is more efficient but most expensive.
b. 3.5KVA 48V inverter plus 8 batteries (4x2). You can use this at night and during the day.
c. 3.5KVA 24V inverter plus 2 batteries. You can use this only in the day. Least expensive.

if I have only a single 1.5hp pump, can I use it at night with the c option (3.5kva with only two batteries)?

Lagos is not the only port in Nigeria,they should allow other ports to receive all classes of cargo like Lagos and also invest in their upgrade just like Lagos, the ONITSHA inland river port has already been completed by President Goodluck Jonathan should be concessioned to the state government's port management company so that it can become operational. Every part of Nigeria should be given equal opportunity of development.

Kk

wellmax:
Then don’t bother sending your children to school.

baba, you should know the difference between schooling in general and university education in particular, school is a necessity while university education is not.

After graduation, where are the jobs? even the education is archaic theory without practicals.

Dreamhighnow:
Omoh this go pepper Red pillers ooo

not true,he gave her what he can afford to lose, if you enter ONITSHA here and see how married men are sharing iPhone and furnishing paid accomodations for small girls in higher institutions, you go weak.

Km

Funny lies

Goodnews but a government depending solely on a private for profit monopoly business to control the national energy policy for the country is a sign of state failure, our government is not in control of the national economy.

Who's to blame this time, Abokifx or Binance? Vagabonds in power.

Is this really necessary?our leaders loves distracting us with irrelevant measures while failing to do the necessary ones, how does this policy improve the quality of education received in Nigerian schools of higher studies? We need libraries stocked with modern books, lecturers with updated knowledge, regular supply of water and light, well equipped laboratories etc not setting up of age barriers. United States have no legally minimum age to enroll in their colleges and universities, even students as young as 13 years are accepted yet they have the best higher education system in the world.

OriOko88:

Jonathan was a puppet. He didn't do anything special. He met a very robust Obj era economy. I don't rate him atal. He shud have tried all possible best to ensure pdp remained in power. An hausa or Yoruba president at that time will never relinquish power in such way. This is Africa!! Maximum respect to Obj.

APC saw Jona to be a weak vessel and used propaganda to destroy him. Nonsense.

if Jonathan didn't relinquish power, the country would have slipped into a civil war secretly backed by the American and British governments against Gej's government,he wrote about it in his book. That's why he said that his ambition wasn't worth the life of a single Nigerian.

Babinski:
Bello and his laughable attempts to whip up sentiments and stupid arguments in his favour. They caught a thief at the market square and he is asking why they have left other thieves? The real question is whether you are a thief or not But we already know the answer from your gestures. It is only on Judgement Day that all sinners get sentenced on the same day. As long as we live on earth, it is one by one that thieves will get punished. Stop wasting your time on a weak and stupid defence. We have no sympathy for a thief as long as he is not innocent or a case of mistaken identity!!!

To even humour you a little, why was Bello not paying Kogi State civil servants full salaries when he was collecting full allocations and other Governors were paying full salaries? I bet he didn't want comparisons then but he wants comparisons now.

There's no justification for EFCC's actions, they're perpetuating a witch-hunt, I'm not defending Bello, he's a horrible thief and murderer without an iota of conscience.

The north owns this country, the colonial masters made sure of it.

CodeTemplar:
between then and now, subsidies have been removed. Forex subsidy. Petrol. Electricity.
Next is education and health. Then they will get a huge loan to loot for their efforts towards positioning Nigeria for recolonisation.

education subsidy have been removed hence the sharp increases in school fees.

Nigeria is a crime scene, it's worse than a zoo, police officers forcefully opening burglary enclosures to arrest young men sleeping at home for no good reason. Nigerian male youths are an endangered species.

Tinubu borrowed money as advance on our oil, the transaction was highly criticized for been riddled corruption and we can't state what the money was used for,it practically vanished.

EFCC is just the henchman to a hidden cabal in Aso Rock.