When most girls approach their 18th birthdays, they may have an upcoming high school graduation on their minds, but a Toronto teen was anticipating a very different ceremony — her master's convocation.
Isabel Jewell, 18, graduated with a master's degree from the University of Toronto this week.
"But when we would tell classmates, they found it really, really weird. They were kind of shocked. So we stopped telling people."Sophia Jewell at 19 and Isabel Jewell at 16 at their graduation from the University of Alberta. '"What if I teach you everything about my first course and you can join me in the second half of the language course?'" she said to her younger sister.Her mom, Mena Jewell, who home-schooled her girls, says Sophia was getting top marks, "but the main thing was she was really happy."
The Jewell family at the University of Toronto for convocation week celebrating Sophia and Isabel earning master's degrees. Both Isabel and Sophia say they are taking their time to figure out what they would like to pursue next.
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