I have a serious phobia of bees. People telling me stop moving while I’m in the midst of a panic attack is not helpful. And my lizard brain that thinks I’m about to be harmed does not give a fuck about how great bees are for the environment.

They seemed to be really aggressive and going after people even after people were running away. It was a ground hive so who knows what happened to stir them up.

Long hair? What? Why?

I think it’s wonderfully optimistic that you think he’ll feel shame over this.

I'm all for the protest but they should leave their guns at home.

I can’t speak about Brock Turner’s time in jail, but I really think that this situation is preferable to his time in jail. He can just hole himself up in his home and not venture outside. His parents have the means to care for a reclusive son.

Commas are your friends.

That and with the education, he will probably still not be able to get a job due to his age. There have been follow-ups on the “Doogie Howser” kids (ones that attended universities and beyond) and some go on to normal lives, some just end up with degrees but nothing else to show for it.

This whole discussion is really tough for me to read.

I’m an introvert too, but I believe it’s extra important for people who are not as naturally socially adept to be exposed to, and interact with our peers. (We need our alone time too, of course!)

And that socializationion matters a lot when you grow up. It doesn’t matter how smart you are if you don’t know how to talk to others in the office. Are you really going to have a happy and productive life if you don’t have friends because you never learned how to hang with people who aren’t brilliant.

Also, what is the benefit. How is this going to make his life better? Is he going to be able to work with people? It’s too bad he can’t attend a regular school for half the day, take PE and music class and social studies with his peers so he can learn to work with others who aren’t as gifted as he is..

On a related, sad, note: I wanted to see what other prodigies went on to do. Seems like the youngest guy to enroll at Harvard (age 11) went on to have a troubled life (although other young attendees were more successful).

There are plenty of different options for people like him to engage in, rather than going straight into University (College).

So, I went to a junior high school program for the highly gifted. We were located on the campus of a regular ol’ school, and we were mixed in with the other students for gym and some electives.

I just dismissed a few trolls, one of whom put forth the “He’ll be bored!” argument and the other of whom told me that there was a reason I am a middle school teacher, not a college professor. My response to the first troll would have been that there is more to life than academics and that current educational pedagogy…

I wonder if there is a college for prodigies where it’s all pre-adult humans taking university together.

Home schooled kid was already way behind the 8 ball in terms of socialization. So college is probably as close as he’s come to being around young people, much less kids. I do think going through puberty while in college will be most unpleasant for him.

He was homeschooled. I doubt his parents have ever had much interest in him developing socially with his peers. Sounds sad and lonely.