Prodigy boy, 9, scores A* for two O-level maths papers
Published on Mar 31, 2013
8:51 AM
Anthony Yip, taking part in an aquathlon and with his family (above from left) mother Dr Joanna Lin, 49, sister Michelle, 18, and father Dr Kevin Yip, 51. -- PHOTOS: VALENTINE CAWLEY, KEVIN YIP
By Eve Yap
Anthony Yip took two O-level mathematics papers last year as a private candidate and scored A* in both. He was then nine and a Primary 4 pupil at Henry Park Primary School.
He says he finished the two-hour papers much earlier than his older peers but did not want to draw attention to himself by handing in the paper first. He says: “I waited till the first person handed in the paper, then I handed in mine.”
His father, orthopaedic surgeon Kevin Yip, 51, says the boy had three months’ worth of twice-weekly tutoring before the examinations. The O-level examinations are normally done by those nine years older.
“We were just trying him out to see if he was a prodigy like his siblings,” says Dr Yip, who is married to Dr Joanna Lin, 49, an oncologist.
Ainan Cawley (far right) with (from left) his father Valentine, 45, brothers Fintan, nine, and Tiarnan, seven, and mother Syahidah Osman, 34. -- PHOTOS: VALENTINE CAWLEY, KEVIN YIP
Anthony Yip (above), taking part in an aquathlon and with his family mother Dr Joanna Lin, 49, sister Michelle, 18, and father Dr Kevin Yip, 51. -- PHOTOS: VALENTINE CAWLEY, KEVIN YIP
At 19, Terry Gani is the youngest National University of Singapore student to complete an engineering degree. -- PHOTO: JOYCE FANG
Pianist See Ning Hui (centre), 17, with her older friends, harpist Dora Lim, 20 (left) and pianist Chan Jia Ying, 19. -- PHOTO: COURTESY OF SEE NING HUI
Published on Mar 31, 2013
8:51 AM
Anthony Yip, taking part in an aquathlon and with his family (above from left) mother Dr Joanna Lin, 49, sister Michelle, 18, and father Dr Kevin Yip, 51. -- PHOTOS: VALENTINE CAWLEY, KEVIN YIP
By Eve Yap
Anthony Yip took two O-level mathematics papers last year as a private candidate and scored A* in both. He was then nine and a Primary 4 pupil at Henry Park Primary School.
He says he finished the two-hour papers much earlier than his older peers but did not want to draw attention to himself by handing in the paper first. He says: “I waited till the first person handed in the paper, then I handed in mine.”
His father, orthopaedic surgeon Kevin Yip, 51, says the boy had three months’ worth of twice-weekly tutoring before the examinations. The O-level examinations are normally done by those nine years older.
“We were just trying him out to see if he was a prodigy like his siblings,” says Dr Yip, who is married to Dr Joanna Lin, 49, an oncologist.
Ainan Cawley (far right) with (from left) his father Valentine, 45, brothers Fintan, nine, and Tiarnan, seven, and mother Syahidah Osman, 34. -- PHOTOS: VALENTINE CAWLEY, KEVIN YIP
Anthony Yip (above), taking part in an aquathlon and with his family mother Dr Joanna Lin, 49, sister Michelle, 18, and father Dr Kevin Yip, 51. -- PHOTOS: VALENTINE CAWLEY, KEVIN YIP
At 19, Terry Gani is the youngest National University of Singapore student to complete an engineering degree. -- PHOTO: JOYCE FANG
Pianist See Ning Hui (centre), 17, with her older friends, harpist Dora Lim, 20 (left) and pianist Chan Jia Ying, 19. -- PHOTO: COURTESY OF SEE NING HUI
but then 18yo piak piak will tio rotan anot??
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