15-YEAR OLD STUDENT GRADUATES FROM TIMBERVIEW HIGH SCHOOL
According to Logan Marburger’ s mom, he was around two years old when he said his first word. He began speaking later than most other children his age, but once he started talking, he took off.
“ He went from late talking to full-on adult conversations within two months. From first word to full conversations,” said Erica Marburger.
When he was 3 years old, Logan learned how to solve three-digit addition problems. By the time he was 4, he was mastering long division, and before he was 5, he was reading at a sixth-grade level.
Logan’ s parents decided it was best for him to skip kindergarten, so he started school as a first grader in a neighboring district at a school specifically designed for gifted children. Logan’ s mom recounted how he could read full books but because he’ d never been in daycare or kindergarten, he didn’ t know how to lock a bathroom stall door. He was also too tiny to take a drink out of the school drinking fountain and needed a boost from a friend.
“ He also wouldn’ t have been able to drive to college, so as parents, we pulled that off the table. He’ s going to go to UTA and will live at home, so we were like,‘ You can’ t go to college if you’ re not driving. This summer you have to pass your test,’” his mom said.
Turning 16 and getting a driver’ s license is next up on Logan’ s list of goals. He also has designs on finishing his undergraduate degree in three years so he can enter medical school to study orthopedic surgery by the time he’ s 19.
“ It’ s a good challenge,” Logan said.“ Being in med school and being an orthopedic surgeon is a cool job and helps a lot of people, which is nice.”
No one is doubting Logan will meet his goals, but he says he has a fallback just in case. He plans to study mathematics so he can become a college math professor if being a doctor doesn’ t work out.
By the time Logan finished eighth grade, he had completed enough high school credits to skip his freshman year. Erica, an advanced mathematics instructor at Timberview High School, worked with her campus’ guidance counselor to design a plan for Logan to go to school with her and graduate at the age of 15. He could have finished a year earlier— at 14 years old— but he wanted to stick around to participate in two of his favorite activities: choir and theatre.
“ I have a lot of friends in the class of 2025 and if I graduated last year, it would have been a lot of work, and I didn’ t want to put myself through that much pressure,” Logan said.
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