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Samuel Dong, a 15-year-old junior in the Gatton Academy, does his computer science homework while his friend, 17-year-old Shane Masuda, rests his foot on Dong’s chair. “He’s reall y good at focusing and doing his homework while the rest of us goof off,” Masuda said. Dong wants to be a programmer and own a company some day.