14-year-old Ben shaffoon is an ordinary teenage boy. He loves playing football, watching TV and playing computer games. He doesn't like eating vegetables or doing houeswork.
But in other ways, Ben is very unusual. He already has seven GCSEs. (Most students do these exams when they are 16.) Ben is also a chess champion. 'Most of the time, I don't feel different from other boys' says Ben, 'bot sometimes it's difficult. I hate it when my friends phone and ask me to go out, but I am doing revision or practising my chess. Ben gets up at seven o'clock and has breakfast. At eight o'clock, his Mum drives him and his sister Abi to school. Abi is 16, hut sometimes Ben is in her class. Ben finishes school at lunchtime and goes home. Then a special tutor comes to the house to teach him. The tutor leaves at four o'clock. Ben starts his homework at six o'clock and usually works for two or three hours. So, what's it like having a genius a genius in the family ? I m proud of my brother' says Abi, 'but i hate it when he's in my class It's embarrassing! Sometime I'm jealous of Ben because he doesn't go to school in the afternoon. But he works harder than me. I watch more TV and see my friends more often.
14-year-old Ben shaffoon is an ordinary teenage boy. He loves playing football, watching TV and playing computer games. He doesn't like eating vegetables or doing houeswork.But in other ways, Ben is very unusual. He already has seven GCSEs. (Most students do these exams when they are 16.) Ben is also a chess champion. 'Most of the time, I don't feel different from other boys' says Ben, 'bot sometimes it's difficult. I hate it when my friends phone and ask me to go out, but I am doing revision or practising my chess. Ben gets up at seven o'clock and has breakfast. At eight o'clock, his Mum drives him and his sister Abi to school. Abi is 16, hut sometimes Ben is in her class. Ben finishes school at lunchtime and goes home. Then a special tutor comes to the house to teach him. The tutor leaves at four o'clock. Ben starts his homework at six o'clock and usually works for two or three hours. So, what's it like having a genius a genius in the family ? I m proud of my brother' says Abi, 'but i hate it when he's in my class It's embarrassing! Sometime I'm jealous of Ben because he doesn't go to school in the afternoon. But he works harder than me. I watch more TV and see my friends more often.
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