After years of frustration and little progress, Kristine Barnett made a radical decision in the eyes of the special ed system — she took Jacob out of school and prepared him for kindergarten herself. She pulled Jacob Barnett out of school after his teacher in his special ed class told her he would never read.
He was home-schooled and now is at The Perimeter Institute. Despite the odds, Jacob found a love for the field of theoretical physics which helped to draw him out of his silent world. He was the youngest student ever in their Perimeter Scholars International program which he completed last year (2014). Jacob is currently researching Loop Quantum Gravity and Quantum Foundations at Perimeter Institute for Advanced Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Canada.