Post by Charity on Aug 2, 2006 10:39:37 GMT -5
Tess Livingstone
July 31, 2006 12:00am
AT age two they were reading, at 11 they completed high school and at 15, Mt Ommaney twins Edward and Katherine Alpert have just finished their Bachelor of Arts degrees from Griffith University.
Before turning 16 in October, both will start Master of Arts degrees.
After being home-schooled at primary and secondary level by their mother, Felicity, a qualified teacher, the twins worked their way through their Griffith degrees in Australian Studies, with sub-majors in Communication.
They each achieved grade point averages of more than 6 (distinction), mainly taking their subjects externally.
"They work hard," their father, Gary Alpert, said.
And not only at their studies. The twins also study ballet, tap, jazz and contemporary dance for 20 to 25 hours a week.
Edward also plays a little cricket and wants to further his knowledge of astronomy, science and climate change, possibly as a career.
Katherine, who is just completing a book on Vanuatu, is keen to do humanitarian work in the South Pacific.
She and Edward have already been responsible for arranging the shipping of school supplies and astronomy study kits to school children in Vanuatu, an involvement their parents encourage.
But it's not all work.
The twins do watch television, and Katherine nominated the novels of Dan Brown, along with Shakespeare's Macbeth and the works of Gore Vidal as some of her favourite reading material.
Aside from aptitude and hard work, Mrs Alpert said home-schooling had played a significant role in the twins' success as it allowed one-to-one attention in the early years of education.
www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,19961763-3102,00.html
July 31, 2006 12:00am
AT age two they were reading, at 11 they completed high school and at 15, Mt Ommaney twins Edward and Katherine Alpert have just finished their Bachelor of Arts degrees from Griffith University.
Before turning 16 in October, both will start Master of Arts degrees.
After being home-schooled at primary and secondary level by their mother, Felicity, a qualified teacher, the twins worked their way through their Griffith degrees in Australian Studies, with sub-majors in Communication.
They each achieved grade point averages of more than 6 (distinction), mainly taking their subjects externally.
"They work hard," their father, Gary Alpert, said.
And not only at their studies. The twins also study ballet, tap, jazz and contemporary dance for 20 to 25 hours a week.
Edward also plays a little cricket and wants to further his knowledge of astronomy, science and climate change, possibly as a career.
Katherine, who is just completing a book on Vanuatu, is keen to do humanitarian work in the South Pacific.
She and Edward have already been responsible for arranging the shipping of school supplies and astronomy study kits to school children in Vanuatu, an involvement their parents encourage.
But it's not all work.
The twins do watch television, and Katherine nominated the novels of Dan Brown, along with Shakespeare's Macbeth and the works of Gore Vidal as some of her favourite reading material.
Aside from aptitude and hard work, Mrs Alpert said home-schooling had played a significant role in the twins' success as it allowed one-to-one attention in the early years of education.
www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,19961763-3102,00.html