Friday, March 13, 2009

8 Year Olds Should Not Want To Become Actuaries

There is something seriously wrong with the world when an eight year old, be he a prodigy, wants to become an actuary.

From the BBC:

A boy from Hampshire is thought be the youngest person to pass maths A-level with an A grade. Zohaib Ahmed from Chandler's Ford sat the A-level exam when he was eight. He was nine when the result came through.

Zohaib's 11-year-old brother Wajih, scored 96% in his further maths A-level examination.

His ambition is to work in the City as an actuary specialising in pensions and insurance.

12 comments:

Ahsan said...

Dream big, Zohaib. Dream big.

Xeb said...
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Xeb said...

Haha, that's not him. That's his South Asian heritage talking! :P When his papa is not around to play puppet master Mr. Zohaib probably want's to set up his own rock band.

Anonymous said...

An actuary? Very impressive. Though it's quite depressing to think that an 8 year old kid has better grades than I have.

Anonymous said...

He could have said President of Pakistan. He has already surpassed the current one's academic qualifications...

Anonymous said...

So Paki Crapis are proud that one of their own can be so smart in a foregin land?

Anonymous said...

great find bubs.

on an unrelated note: since when has this blog become a cesspool for haters of all things pakistan? its getting old..

Nadir Hassan said...

Thanks for the credit, Naqiya. But it belongs to AKS.

Anonymous said...

oops! sorry aks!!

Ahsan said...

Tsk tsk Naqiya. We've color coded our posts for a reason.

Anonymous said...

listen. i made a mistake okay! geez!! also, your south park dude looks nothing like you. can i make you another one, ahsan?

Ahsan said...

Sure. A friend of mine made this last year and I just remembered it so I decided to use it. But if you can come up with something better, please go ahead.