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Re:10-Year-Old Scholar Takes California College By Storm by lvecsey on Wednesday May 14, 2008 @11:23PM (#190232)
Dude can grep wikipedia and has parents that can talk about topics in a deep way, or provide resources to him on topics that interest him. Most parents would do the opposite and restrict internet access for starters, let alone have the ability to assist in his intellectual interests. As far as kid activities his age, I'm sure he would be bored stiff around others. That seems like a blessing to avoid behavior that would no doubt only lead to worse choices later in life.
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Re:10-Year-Old Scholar Takes California College By Storm by silencio on Thursday May 15, 2008 @04:11AM (#190345)
I don't think so. Resources, yes. But not necessarily parent-talk. And I think if he was this smart (which I do), that he'd be able to do this on his own..not this early, but eventually, somehow.

Also, some parents do the opposite, some don't. Some misunderstand the purpose of the internet, which I think is the real problem. My parents attempted to and eventually stopped trying to filter what I did on the computer after I circumvented everything they tried and turned the tables on them (I was a complete brat :D), but they also spent a fortune of their then-pitiful earnings on books and toys and hardware I wanted. They felt that was more important than indulging their own desires (typical asian parents).

Now I'm paying that back in various ways, and I thank them for all of that. I don't think I would have been the big geek I am now if it wasn't for them putting up with me tearing apart half the electronics they owned.

I wonder what he'll turn out to be like 10 years later.

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Re:10-Year-Old Scholar Takes California College By Storm by timr on Wednesday May 14, 2008 @11:35PM (#190239)
My instinct is that this kid's parents aren't treating him as an intellectual equal, so much as a lump of raw material to be manipulated.
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