Teachers first noticed Cameron Thompson's talent for numbers when he was four years old and at pre-school. Throughout primary school, Cameron Thompson's best subject was maths. was eleven, he took a maths test prior to entering secondary school. The test was out of 140; Cameron scored 141. broke the system,' he Since then, he has continued to progress quickly. He passed two GCSEs maths and further maths at the age of eleven and then got the highest grade in his maths A-level before the end of that same academic year. He now fourteen years old and studying for a degree in maths, a remarkable achievement bearing in mind his age. But his academic achievements have not always been matched by social success. have the social ability of a talking potato," he admits. words, he feels more at ease with numbers than among other teenagers. "Most people my age do despise me. I've been like this for years. Communication is not one of Cameron's strong points and, aside from the problems this causes socially, it is now beginning to affect his marks in mathematics. This is because, at undergraduate level, he is expected to give