Two brothers, Carson Huey-You, 14, and Cannan Huey-You, 11, both graduated this past weekend.
Carson graduated from Texas Christian University (TCU) with a bachelor’s degree in quantum physics and minors in Chinese and math. His younger brother graduated from high school. Speaking with the Washington Post, the duo’s mother Claretta Kemp said although her sons are smart, it’s just a small part of who they are.“My boys have more social skills than most adults,” she said. “They are just normal little boys who do normal little boy things,” she told the paper. Kim adds the brothers, who are also best friends, love puppies, wrestling and Star Wars.
Carson graduated from Texas Christian University (TCU) with a bachelor’s degree in quantum physics and minors in Chinese and math. His younger brother graduated from high school. Speaking with the Washington Post, the duo’s mother Claretta Kemp said although her sons are smart, it’s just a small part of who they are.“My boys have more social skills than most adults,” she said. “They are just normal little boys who do normal little boy things,” she told the paper. Kim adds the brothers, who are also best friends, love puppies, wrestling and Star Wars.
According to TCU, Carson came to the private coeducational university as an 11-year-old student after graduating as co-valedictorian of his senior class. He scored 1770 on his SAT (the average was 1083 for college-bound students in 2016), and now plans to go to graduate school to work on a master’s degree in physics. Cannan, the Washington Post adds, will head to TCU next fall to study astrophysics and engineering. He eventually wants to become an astronaut. Last week, Humans of TCU, a Facebook group dedicated to highlighting the campus’ staff and students, had a feature on the brothers and their mother. Since Carson is TCU’s youngest graduate, the group asked Kim how she raised her sons.“Don’t limit your kid’s imagination. The journey starts when they are toddlers,” she said.“If you have the support that you need, you can do anything. Surely, you will face challenges, but if you have the right support group, you will keep going. You can do anything, so can your kids. We are blessed.”According to the Washington Post, Kemp had converted a spare bedroom in the house into a classroom before Carson walked. She home-schooled him until he was five, and by then, he was learning at an eighth-grade level. Cannan, on the other hand, started the education system more traditionally with students his age, but by Grade 2 he was bored and asked his mother to home-school him as well.