At 2-years-old Caleb Anderson read the United States Constitution. Anderson qualified for MENSA at three-years-old while he learned English as his first language. He would also learn Spanish, French, and Mandarin.
Now Anderson is making history as a 12-year-old in his second year of college. By 9 months old the scholar was able to sign over 250 words and by 11 months old he was speaking and reading according to his family.
Claire and Kobi Anderson both said it didn’t take them long to realize their child was special.
“As we started to interact with other parents, and had other children, then we started to realize how exceptional this experience was, because we had no other frame of reference,” Caleb’s dad Kobi explained.
Caleb qualified for MENSA at age three, he joined at age five. The family said they were told their son was the youngest Black boy to be accepted at the time.
“He said, ‘mom I’m bored. This is not challenging’,” Caleb’s mom Claire recalled her son telling her.
“‘It’s really not helping me grow in my learning, and I think I’m ready for college.’”
Now, at only, 12, he’s just begun his sophomore year at Chattahoochee Technical College, majoring in aerospace engineering.
“What was it like being a freshman in college at your age,” he was asked. “It was exactly how I expected it to be like, if I were 18 or something,” he replied.
The family has two other children, Aaron and Hannah, who are also gifted.
“I think people have a negative perspective when it comes to African-American boys. There are many other Calebs out there. African-American boys like him,” Claire explained. “From being a teacher – I really believe that. But they don’t have the opportunity or the resources.”
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