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Photo Courtesy || Jozef Maynard Borja Erece
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Cordillera - A proud
Cordilleran from Baguio city is being hailed as genius, a polymath, a child
prodigy, profoundly gifted and extremely talented.
When he was a kid, the Psychology Center in New Zealand conducted an IQ test for Jozef Maynard Borja Erece and the result showed he exceeded the IQ
level of 160 using the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children III (WISC
III).
The WISC III also showed Jozef
verbal IQ scale was off the charts and his full scale IQ score was also
beyond the standard IQ scores.
Jozef also took the Wechsler Individual Achievement Test II (WIAT II) and
the result indicated that his performance and achievement was at very
superior level against his age group.
The Education psychologist and lead educators who conducted that test
concluded that Jozef is profoundly gifted with an IQ beyond the 160
limit.
Who is Jozef Maynard Borja Erece
Jozef Maynard Borja Erece is a young legal prodigy from the Philippines,
New Zealand, and Australia, who is considered the youngest person in the
world to be admitted to the legal profession.
He completed a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Southern Queensland
and a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the Queensland University of
Technology in 2015.
At the age of 18, he was admitted to the roll of barristers and solicitors
by the Supreme Court of Queensland in a widely publicized ceremony held at
Brisbane City Hall.
He is also recognized as the youngest law graduate in the history of
Australia, New Zealand, and the Philippines.
Jozef is also a book author, an accomplished basketball player and
taekwondo jin.
Jozef is the son of Dr. Maynard Victor Erece who went to Magsaysay
Elementary School in New Lucban, Baguio city and worked as a criminal
lawyer, prosecutor and an educator.
Her mother, Dr, Josephine Ana Borja Erece, a medical doctor by profession
went to St. Louis Center and graduated as valedictorian.
The city government of Baguio has passed a resolution to recognized and
commend Jozef for giving honor to the city and the country as the youngest
law graduate and practicing lawyer in the world.