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Re:17-year-old wins 100k for creating cancer-killing nanopar... by rjh29 on Thursday December 08, 2011 @10:23AM (#3329388)
I don't know, I look back fondly on my school days. I'm not sure if I would have liked to miss out on that.
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Re:17-year-old wins 100k for creating cancer-killing nanopar... by GFischer on Friday December 09, 2011 @11:01AM (#3334158)
Anecdotal evidence, but many of us here on HN don't (1).

I went to one of the most backwards and messed-up schools here, a Christian Brothers all-male, catholic priest-taight school... in the 1990s! (it has since reformed and is now mixed-gender)

Stories of bullying often end up with lots of comments here:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=709733

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1771483

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1764236

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Re:17-year-old wins 100k for creating cancer-killing nanopar... by JoeAltmaier on Thursday December 08, 2011 @10:46AM (#3329507)
Your life is different,sure. I'm sure home-schooled kids think similar things about their experiences, things they are glad to have not 'missed out on'.
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