天才少年同时获高中和哈佛大学文凭，未来想竞选总统

ULYSSES, Kan. — A 16-year-old Kansas boy will soon earn his high school diploma — and a few days later, he’ll travel to Harvard to collect his bachelor’s degree.

堪萨斯州尤利西斯的一名16岁男孩很快就会拿到高中毕业证书，几天后，他将前往哈佛大学领取学士学位证书。

Ulysses High School senior Braxton Moral will attend both commencement ceremonies in May, becoming the only student to successfully pursue a four-year high school degree and a bachelor’s degree from Harvard at the same time, the Hutchinson News reported.

据《哈钦森新闻》报道，尤利西斯高中的高三学生布拉克斯顿·莫雷尔将于5月参加两场毕业典礼，成为唯一一名同时成功获得四年制高中学位和哈佛大学学士学位的学生。

Harvard has changed the rules, said Braxton’s father, Carlos Moral, so his son will be “the one and only” reaching that milestone. Braxton will be 17 when he gets his diplomas.

布拉克斯顿的父亲卡洛斯·莫雷尔说，哈佛改变了规则，所以他的儿子将是“唯一”达到这一里程碑的人。布拉克斯顿拿到毕业证书时是17岁。

Carlos Moral said they began to realize their son was special when he was in the third grade.

卡洛斯·莫雷尔说，他们在儿子上三年级的时候就开始意识到他很特别。

“They told us: ‘You need to do something. He’s not just gifted. He’s really, really gifted,’” he said.

他说：“他们告诉我们:‘你需要做点什么。他不仅是有天赋。他是真的、真的很有天赋。’”

Braxton Moral skipped the fourth grade.

布拉克斯顿·莫雷尔跳过了四年级。

The Ulysses school district allowed him to take some high school classes while he was still in middle school. Before high school, he took a class offered at Fort Hays State University. Then he was admitted into Harvard.

尤利西斯学区允许他在上中学的时候上一些高中课程。上高中之前，他参加了福特海斯州立大学开设的一门课程。然后被哈佛大学录取了。

Braxton simultaneously studied at the high school and the Harvard Extension School. The program typically serves adults who work and can’t attend classes on campus full time.

布拉克斯顿同时在高中和 哈佛拓展学院学习。该项目通常为那些要工作、不能全日制在校园里上课的成年人提供服务。

Ulysses High School math teacher Patsy Love served as the proctor for the Harvard program, administering Braxton’s tests in Kansas. Braxton spent the summer before his junior year at Harvard’s campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

尤利西斯高中的数学老师帕特西·洛夫是哈佛大学这个项目的监考官，监督管理布拉克斯顿在堪萨斯州的考试。布拉克斯顿在马萨诸塞州剑桥的哈佛大学校园度过了大三之前的夏天。

“We constantly are monitoring Braxton to make sure he is not too overwhelmed,” said Julie Moral, Braxton’s mother. “No achievement is worth him being unhappy.”

布拉克斯顿的母亲朱莉?莫拉尔说:“我们一直在监管布拉克斯顿，以确保他不会有过重的学习负担。任何成就都不值得他不快乐。”

Braxton is on track to graduate from the Bachelor of Liberal Arts program, with a major in government and a minor in English, said Harry Pierre, associate director of communications for Harvard’s Division of Continuing Education.

哈佛大学进修教育学院的传播系副主任哈里·皮埃尔说，布拉克斯顿即将获得文科学士学位，他主修政府学，辅修英语。

He said he hopes to attend Harvard Law School next.

他说他希望接下来能进入哈佛法学院。

“Politics is end game for me,” he said, though he’s still too young to vote.

尽管他还太小，不能投票。但他说：“对我来说，政治是游戏的结束。”