Scots schoolboy beats thousands of children worldwide in maths competition

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1. I’m guessing by the deleted comments, they were as gross as the one on the Daily Record.

2. Good on him and his family. I hope his schooling has played a part in it. I’m sure it will inspire other kids to do the same!

3. Shame that this was posted 15 mins ago and not 1 comment of praise.
   Anyway Well Done to the young lad, an inspiration at his young age.

4. Well done to the young lad. Seems to be quiet an achievement.

5. Of course he did, because his strict parents have kept him locked away in a room studying nonstop

6. Well done to him. That’s a huge achievement.

   Maths is key to so many technical and science careers. Its not valued highly enough in schools I think so this sort of publicity is very helpful in getting the value of this recognised.

7. Wow his parents must be so proud! I’m proud of him representing Scotland too 😀

8. Well done son!!! My friend’s kid was good at maths and ended up as a quant in finance. Snapped up at 14 through one of those talent pipelines and had an internship at university. Hope this lad finds a fulfilling and rewarding career.

9. “Scots schoolboy beats thousands of children worldwide… “😨

   “…in maths competition” 😮‍💨

10. Great story. Fan of the suit jacket too ….do they do that in a 40 R?

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12. Someone wins the maths challenge.

    Yeah, no shit…?

    It would be more remarkable if nobody won??

13. Does Scots schoolboy mean exactly the same things as Scottish schoolboy? I’ve only commonly heard it used to refer to the language

14. *British. You ain’t Scottish unless you have Scottish parents. Scots is an ethnic group

15. The IMO is really tough, this is amazing!

    I couldn’t even pass the qualifying rounds of the Maths Challenge as a kid, despite being good at maths.

16. wow!!!!! well done to him 😁 i’ve looked through a few papers before and they are so difficult!! love this for him

17. Fair dues to the kid, but I think there’s something quite misleading about this article. The event is called the “British Youth International Colleges (BYITC) International Maths Olympiad Challenge”. It’s clearly named to be reminiscent of the [International Mathematical Olympiad](https://www.imo-official.org/), which is a worldwide high-school-level maths competition with *very* tough questions. But this is a competition run by a private tutoring company, and the level is [significantly easier](https://www.byitc.org/childrens-abacus-maths-classes/), basically involving doing simple arithmetic quickly. This article is essentially an advertisement for a tutoring company.

18. Why do these good news stories always end up splitting the comments between ‘proud of you mate’ and ‘ he’s not really from here’ ?

    Edit: but we are proud of you young man

19. Congrats to the young lad.

    That jacket is a bit OTT tho.