Great-Granddaughter of 'Hidden Figures' Katherine Johnson Earns Perfect Math Score [View all]

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Na Kia Boykin is the great-granddaughter of NASA Langley’s “human computer” Katherine Johnson and she’s scored a perfect 600 on her math Standards of Learning test. The third-grader was honored by her school on Wednesday.

“I like math because I can look at a problem and figure it out,” Boykin told the Daily Press. “You can just look at the problem and do it. You use the numbers, and you use your brain… It’s a good challenge.”
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Boykin highlighted her great-grandmother’s love for science and math. Her father Douglas Boykin, which is Johnson’s middle daughter’s son, said his daughter aimed for a perfect score on her test.

‘I told her she would get a 500 at least, but I said, ‘Don’t be disappointed if you get a 585 or something,'” he expressed. “She came in the door the next day and said ‘What do you think I got?’’ I said, ‘585.’ She exclaimed, ‘Higher than that.'”

“Finally she said, ‘I got all of ‘em! I got a perfect 600!’ And I started screaming like it was the Super Bowl,” expressed the proud father.

https://atlantablackstar.com/2018/06/29/great-granddaughter-of-hidden-figures-katherine-johnson-earns-perfect-math-score/