I had a stint with a raw food diet in my twenties. So, not exclusively fruit, but basically. And I felt amazing. Truly amazing. I was thin and my hair gleamed and my skin glowed and I had those good Oprah poops.

Every person I know like this has parents who are richer than God.

It’s hard to quantify humanities in a way that lets you sign off on “Okay, this kid knows the material, time to bump them up to the next level” in the same way that math does. Kids in public middle and high schools take math in, what — Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, Trig somewhere on the side, Calc, and then the kid…

He’s going to build the world’s first math hotel.

I have taught middle school for 15 years. Stories like this make me angry. I don't give a shit if he's academically ready for college. He isn't ready for college in far more ways that actually matter.

This stuff kind of weirds me out. Education has a big “develop socially with people who are more or less your social peers” component, and, at least based on this story... I guess I wonder where this kids gets to hang out with people his age.

Send us a postcard from Ithaca, will you?

He chose Cornell and we’re calling him a genius?

I lived in VT for awhile and I always wondered how any one could really sustain themselves or be satisfied on a raw diet (of any kind) in the middle of winter. It’s winter and cold!

He thought the homeopathic route was the best way to treat PANCREATIC CANCER. It’s amazing how stupid smart people can be.

Yeah I definitely wondered about that. That place was crazy expensive and to eat exclusively organic co-op fruit year round? Plus you’d have to be eating almost non-stop to feel full and get nutrients in you.

I wish more people knew this.

Someone, think of the bathrooms! Oh, the humanity.

The fruitarian way is the best way, that’s why Steve Jobs is still alive and healthy.

I have met a real life fruitarian (although I’m pretty sure he pronounced it “fruitatarian” and dude was NUTS. He’d walk around in little short shorts with no shirt on and often shoeless, big wild crazy hair (very new age/hippy vibes) and would go on and on about how amazing his diet is and how much fruit he eats. I’m…

Well, the whole point is to prevent this stuff from happening in the first place. Save this learned helplessness for someone else.

Mandated reporter here...it never hurts to report if you have genuine concerns. Let the authorities sort it out. You never know if your report will be the 3rd, or the 4th, or whichever one will be the one that triggers action (sadly, sometimes it takes multiple reports, especially in 'mild' situations)!

You think the ratio of teachers/aides to students should be better than 1/4? That’s a true fantasy and, frankly, completely unnecessary. 1/20 would be nice though.

There are unfortunately a lot of places like Victorville around Southern California, people who live on the edges of everything because they can’t afford anything else and have nowhere else to go. San Bernardino County is the largest county in the entire country—larger than some states—and there’s only so much the…

It’s so ignorant, it makes me want to scream.