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Often, we have different definitions of “Discipline”. As some kids are different today, we should understand that “the one with the biggest stick wins” does not always work. I lived close to a young man growing up and couldn’t help notice his advanced mechanical aptitude and other signs of intelligence. There was another boy who lived across the street from him that I saw little of until he got to high school. The older boy was four years older than the other one and, shall we say, strange. He was bored in math, science and physics but would not even try at history or civics or other subjects like those. This was quite a few years ago and the concept of savant was not well known but I think he was close to one. The younger boy hung out at his place often and learned many skills such as electrical, mechanical, chemical from him. I lost track of the older one but learned later he was taken out of high school and sent to M.I.T. on a full Air Force scholarship. The younger boy wa...See More
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op On 11/21/10, Still have no idea what you're asking wrote:

What I'm asking is that ALL schools realize that, in today's world, CP can do great damage especially to the ones of high intelligence. Allowing those that are suppose to teach to commit this kind of abuse of a minor has to stop. I have read here once that the body is Bone, Muscle,...See More
Nov 21, 2010
STOP BEATING SMART KIDS INTO WITHDRAWAL On 11/21/10, op wrote: > On 11/21/10, Still have no idea what you're asking wrote: > > What I'm asking is that ALL schools realize that, in today's world, CP > can do great damage especially to the ones of high intelligence. > Allowing those that are suppose to teach to commit this kind of abuse > of a minor has to stop. I have re...See More
Dec 6, 2010
uh, yeah, ok, I'll quit beating them tomorrow. nfm On 12/06/10, STOP BEATING SMART KIDS INTO WITHDRAWAL wrote: > On 11/21/10, op wrote: >> On 11/21/10, Still have no idea what you're asking wrote: >> >> What I'm asking is that ALL schools realize that, in today's world, CP >> can do great damage especially to the ones of high intelligence. >> Allowing those that are...See More
Dec 8, 2010
Are you somehow under the impression On 11/21/10, op wrote: > On 11/21/10, Still have no idea what you're asking wrote: > > What I'm asking is that ALL schools realize that, in today's world, CP > can do great damage especially to the ones of high intelligence. > Allowing those that are suppose to teach to commit this kind of abuse > of a minor has to stop. I have re...See More
Dec 8, 2010
D. Thomas WTF are you blathering on about? OK, so no sane person would react that way. We get it. Is there a deeper point to this?

On 11/20/10, op wrote: > On 11/20/10, Laurence wrote: >> What do you mean by "belting"? Do you mean corporal >> punishment? What kind of "talking" was done? Did the school >> administration step in? ...See More
Dec 8, 2010


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