>>> WE'RE BACK ON A SATURDAY
MORNING WITH AN EXTRAORDINARY
STORY OUT OF TEXAS.
>> A PRODIGY IS GOING TO
GRADUATE TODAY WITH A DEGREE IN
PHYSICS.
>> NBC'S JACOB RASCON SHARES HIS
STORY.
>> SO WE JUST PLUG THESE IN
HERE.
>> Reporter: MASTERING QUANTUM
PHYSICS IS IMPRESSIVE ON ITS OWN
BUT WHAT'S MOST REMARKABLE ABOUT
CARSON HUEY OU IS THAT HE'S ONLY
14 AND GRADUATING FROM TEXAS
CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY TODAY.
THEIR YOUNGEST GRADUATE EVER.
>> I WAS TEN GRADUATING HIGH
SCHOOL SO IT'S REALLY THE ONLY
THING THAT I COULD DO.
IT'S NOT LIKE I COULD STAY AT
HOME FOR EIGHT YEARS JUST DOING
NOTHING.
>> HIS MOM SAYS SHE REALIZED
CARSON WAS PRETTY SPECIAL WHEN
HE WAS JUST A TODDLER.
>> AROUND AGE THREE HE LOVED
MATH AND HE ASKED ME IF HE COULD
LEARN CALCULUS AND I THOUGHT --
>> SHE HOME SCHOOLED CARSON
UNTIL HE WAS FIVE WHEN SHE KNEW
HE NEEDED MORE.
>> SO SHE TOOK ME TO A PUBLIC
SCHOOL AND THEY SAID THAT I WAS
WAY TOO ADVANCED.
I ENDED UP GOING TO A HIGH
SCHOOL.
PRIVATE HIGH SCHOOL.
>> A FIVE-YEAR-OLD IN EIGHTH GRA
-- GRADE.
>> AFTER THAT I GRADUATED AT TEN
YEARS OLD.
>> THAT TEN-YEAR-OLD BOY DOVE
RIGHT INTO PHYSICS WHEN HE WENT
TO TCU, ALONG WITH A DOUBLE
MINOR IN MATH AND CHINESE.
>> THIS PROFESSOR BECAME A
MENTOR TO CARSON.
>> ONE OF THE MAIN PRINCIPLES
HAVE ALWAYS BEEN DON'T GIVE HIM
PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT, TRY TO
REALLY TREAT HIM AS ANY OTHER
COLLEGE KID.
>> OF COURSE CARSON REALLY ISN'T
YOUR AVERAGE COLLEGE KID.
>> I STAY PLAY GAMES.
I HAVE MY LITTLE BROTHER CANNON,
I STILL HAVE FRIENDS MY AGE, I
HAVE A PUPPY, I HAVE ALL OF
THOSE THINGS THAT YOU WOULD
NORMALLY HAVE, BUT IT'S JUST
ACADEMICALLY DIFFERENT.
>> IN THE FALL CARSON WILL
RETURN TO TCU FOR GRADUATE
SCHOOL AND EVENTUALLY HIS Ph.D..
BUT THIS TIME HE WON'T BE THE
ONLY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY ON
CAMPUS.
HIS BROTHER CANNON JUST 11 YEARS
OLD WILL BE A FRESHMAN.
>> WHEN I COME TO TCU I'M GOING
TO MAJOR IN ASTRO PHYSICS AND
ENGINEERS.
>> THE PROUD MOM OF THE TWO
YOUNGEST TCU STUDENTS EVER SAYS
THERE IS NO MAGIC PARENTING
FORMULA, JUST A LOVE OF
LEARNING.
>> I WAS BLESSED THAT GOD GAVE
ME SUCH WONDERFUL LITTLE BOYS
AND THEY LOVE TO LEARN.
>> FOR "TODAY" JACOB RASCON, NBC
NEWS, DALLAS.
>> WAY TO GO, CARSON.
>> THAT IS IMPRESSIVE.
WHAT IS SHE FEEDING THEM?
TELL ME THE SECRETS.
>> SHE SAYS THERE IS NO MAGIC
