Spelling Bee Prick

[Fonzie]

Unemployment Check: Spelling Bee Winner - Television - IFILM (http://www.ifilm.com/video/2862093)

I think he might have Aspergers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asperger%27s) though. None-the-less, this kid has terrible social skills.

[Goldenboko]

Terrible? Don't be so nice, I think you mean abysmal.

[Nominus Experse]

His inept social skill and grace is most likely due to him having Asperger's or some other such condition and/or being nervous and hesitant knowing that he is appearing on national television live.

He could have been making an attempt at being somewhat humorous, but failed miserably.

[Araciel]

maybe it's the fact that he's homeschooled and doesn't get the chance to interact with strangers on a regular basis...or maybe he's just a little jerk.

[Roto13]

2. narcolepto Posted on Jun 5 '07 at 5:16 PM

THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THIS CHILD... MAYBE HE MASTERBATES TO NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, OR HE SNIFFS GLUE ALL DAY OR SITS @ HOME AND WATCHES HIS MOMTHER GET DRESSED BUT THAT IS PERFECTLY NORMAL EVERYDAY STUFF..right?!?!?!

Ah ha ha ha

[Flying Mullet]

That was awesome. :thumb:

I love watching train-wrecks of interviews and how the interviewer tries to salvage them.

[Anaisa]

It's sickly how creepy that woman is being to him, even though he's acting obnoxious. When he told her to ask his mum about what she said, she should have replied: "I could, but what with you being homeschooled, I'm worried I'd be wasting my time, because she may be a socially inept freak too."

[Fatal Impurity]

I LOL'D!

Seriously though that kid needs both a life and to get out more...

[fire_of_avalon]

Wow. Y'all are jerks. The kid obviously has some social issues. Kudos for being such understanding human beings!

[Craig]

Home schooling man, that stuff messes you up. This girl I used to work with wouldn't sit upstairs on busses and she wouldn't sit next to anyone either.

[Old Manus]

It's that dude off pwned.nl!

[Odaisé Gaelach]

He's definitely got Asperger's or something along those lines. I'd also be a little suspicious on how that video was edited...

EDIT: Yeah, and calling him a prick is going a little far, don't you think?

[Araciel]

Wow. Y'all are jerks. The kid obviously has some social issues. Kudos for being such understanding human beings!

:D well if it's such a big deal, certainly child services will step in....right?

since it's probably something to do with his home environment?

anybody?

also, odaise, i think it was live...

[Anaisa]

Home schooling man, that stuff messes you up. This girl I used to work with wouldn't sit upstairs on busses and she wouldn't sit next to anyone either.Schools certainly have a much worse effect on people. Think of the people that have committed suicide due to being bullied at school for example. An if you mean she disliked sitting next to a stranger on a bus, that isn't anything peculiar. I don't know anybody that likes getting stuck sitting next to a stranger on public transport.

[Odaisé Gaelach]

also, odaise, i think it was live...

Errm, the video that was uploaded?

[tan]

That was so awkward I didn't even watch the whole thing o_o

[Araciel]

sure the video was uploaded...but it WAS live at one point....that's the nature of these things

also, people committing suicide because of school is retarded. they need to suck it up, or seek help if it's really that bad. i was bullied..hell most kids are bullied. also i barely hear about kids killing themselves on the news...because it's rare....and the fact that homeschooling is so rare means you can't compare the two easily.

[Anaisa]

also, people committing suicide because of school is retarded. they need to suck it up, or seek help if it's really that bad. i was bullied..hell most kids are bullied. also i barely hear about kids killing themselves on the news...because it's rare....and the fact that homeschooling is so rare means you can't compare the two easily.Why would you want to go to school an be bullied anyway, when you can stay in the comfort of your own home away from the scumbags? Why would you want to follow their curriculum, when you can study those subjects, an a wider variety of subjects at home? An don't assume it only happens when you see it on the news. Plus, whether somebody goes as far as killing themselves or not, the fact it can make people miserable is bad enough. Most people hate going to school, an it would be better for those people to be homeschooled.

[Shoeberto]

I would be highly surprised if he didn't have aspergers. I feel kind of bad for him.

[Fonzie]

also, people committing suicide because of school is retarded. they need to suck it up, or seek help if it's really that bad. i was bullied..hell most kids are bullied. also i barely hear about kids killing themselves on the news...because it's rare....and the fact that homeschooling is so rare means you can't compare the two easily.Why would you want to go to school an be bullied anyway, when you can stay in the comfort of your own home away from the scumbags? Why would you want to follow their curriculum, when you can study those subjects, an a wider variety of subjects at home? An don't assume it only happens when you see it on the news. Plus, whether somebody goes as far as killing themselves or not, the fact it can make people miserable is bad enough. Most people hate going to school, an it would be better for those people to be homeschooled.

Why would you want to take the easy way out, when the hard way gives you life lessons that you couldn't of learned taking the easy way.

[Anaisa]

also, people committing suicide because of school is retarded. they need to suck it up, or seek help if it's really that bad. i was bullied..hell most kids are bullied. also i barely hear about kids killing themselves on the news...because it's rare....and the fact that homeschooling is so rare means you can't compare the two easily.Why would you want to go to school an be bullied anyway, when you can stay in the comfort of your own home away from the scumbags? Why would you want to follow their curriculum, when you can study those subjects, an a wider variety of subjects at home? An don't assume it only happens when you see it on the news. Plus, whether somebody goes as far as killing themselves or not, the fact it can make people miserable is bad enough. Most people hate going to school, an it would be better for those people to be homeschooled.

Why would you want to take the easy way out, when the hard way gives you life lessons that you couldn't of learned taking the easy way.You can learn that people are assholes without ever going to school. You don't need to learn that lesson over an over again for years. But then that's exactly what schools promote, time wasting.

[Fonzie]

also, people committing suicide because of school is retarded. they need to suck it up, or seek help if it's really that bad. i was bullied..hell most kids are bullied. also i barely hear about kids killing themselves on the news...because it's rare....and the fact that homeschooling is so rare means you can't compare the two easily.Why would you want to go to school an be bullied anyway, when you can stay in the comfort of your own home away from the scumbags? Why would you want to follow their curriculum, when you can study those subjects, an a wider variety of subjects at home? An don't assume it only happens when you see it on the news. Plus, whether somebody goes as far as killing themselves or not, the fact it can make people miserable is bad enough. Most people hate going to school, an it would be better for those people to be homeschooled.

Why would you want to take the easy way out, when the hard way gives you life lessons that you couldn't of learned taking the easy way.You can learn that people are assholes without ever going to school. You don't need to learn that lesson over an over again for years. But then that's exactly what schools promote, time wasting.

You can learn you social skills in school. You can develop those said skills in a home environment. When you step into the real world, you might not know how to respond to certain things. An example is the kid in this video, he doesn't know how to respond to the joke the anchor makes towards him.

[Anaisa]

You can learn you social skills in school. You can develop those said skills in a home environment. When you step into the real world, you might not know how to respond to certain things. An example is the kid in this video, he doesn't know how to respond to the joke the anchor makes towards him.Being homeschooled doesn't mean avoiding the real world. You don't need school to socialise.

[Fonzie]

You can learn you social skills in school. You can develop those said skills in a home environment. When you step into the real world, you might not know how to respond to certain things. An example is the kid in this video, he doesn't know how to respond to the joke the anchor makes towards him.Being homeschooled doesn't mean avoiding the real world. You don't need school to socialise.

But you can't say that school doesn't develop those said skills?

[Shlup]

Don't let it breed.

[Anaisa]

You can learn you social skills in school. You can develop those said skills in a home environment. When you step into the real world, you might not know how to respond to certain things. An example is the kid in this video, he doesn't know how to respond to the joke the anchor makes towards him.Being homeschooled doesn't mean avoiding the real world. You don't need school to socialise.

But you can't say that school doesn't develop those said skills?I agree it does. But that's not always for the best. Schools are breeding grounds for unfavourable behaviour.

[Shlup]

Being exposed to unwanted behaviors is what teaches us how to deal with them. Not being exposed to such behaviors would not, uhh... I'm having a brain fart... it would not make them less. Or something.

Also, I'm 70% sure that boy has Austism.

[Fonzie]

You can learn you social skills in school. You can develop those said skills in a home environment. When you step into the real world, you might not know how to respond to certain things. An example is the kid in this video, he doesn't know how to respond to the joke the anchor makes towards him.Being homeschooled doesn't mean avoiding the real world. You don't need school to socialise.

But you can't say that school doesn't develop those said skills?I agree it does. But that's not always for the best. Schools are breeding grounds for unfavourable behaviour.

But isn't that just experiencing the outside world at a younger age. The world is a breeding ground for unfavourable behaviour, but you just to have to step up and take it like a man.

[Anaisa]

Being exposed to unwanted behaviors is what teaches us how to deal with them. Not being exposed to such behaviors would not, uhh... I'm having a brain fart... it would not make them less. Or something.

Also, I'm 70% sure that boy has Austism.The way the majority of school children seem to deal with it, is to take the if you can't beat them join them route. So then they're all badly behaved. An that's not good.
But isn't that just experiencing the outside world at a younger age. The world is a breeding ground for unfavourable behaviour, but you just to have to step up and take it like a man.The problem there is, school children take it like a bunch of sissys. They act like a bunch of prats, an want to act all tough, an then when you right hook them, they play the feeble victim.

[Elite Lord Sigma]

Being exposed to unwanted behaviors is what teaches us how to deal with them. Not being exposed to such behaviors would not, uhh... I'm having a brain fart... it would not make them less. Or something.

Also, I'm 70% sure that boy has Austism.The way the majority of school children seem to deal with it, is to take the if you can't beat them join them route. So then they're all badly behaved. An that's not good.
But isn't that just experiencing the outside world at a younger age. The world is a breeding ground for unfavourable behaviour, but you just to have to step up and take it like a man.The problem there is, school children take it like a bunch of sissys. <b>They act like a bunch of prats, an want to act all tough, an then when you right hook them, they play the feeble victim</b>I have to agree with you, there. Almost everybody in my grade (my twin brother being a shining example of this) seems to have a mindset somewhere along the lines of, "I'm in high school now, so I now have the right to blow an artery over nothing." And they begin whining the moment you try to slap some sense into them.

But anyway, I have Asperger's Syndrome myself, as I've mentioned several times on this board. Judging from what I'm hearing, though, that kid either has a really bad case of AS, or it's coupled with something else, like how my Asperger's is coupled with hyperlexia.

[fire_of_avalon]

So in the end, a whooole bunch of you are making terrible comments about a person who likely can't help the way he reacts towards people. Hence, y'all are jerks.

And just because you're home-schooled doesn't meant you're avoiding social situations. Some of the most socially graceful people I know spent their entire grammar and secondary education being homeschooled.

[Nominus Experse]

Wow, this thread traveled a path I hoped it never would have. My god EoFF...


Is there any other background on this particular individual that may still some rumors and allow some to show a little more respect and understanding?

[Giga Guess]

It's obvious he either has Autism or Asperger's. He is not a prick...he's just socially inept. Poor kid.

[Anaisa]

How do you guys know we're not insulting him because we have Aspergers or Autism ourselves?

[Tallulah]

Don't be so hard on him. He's a better interviewee than Meg Ryan. :D

[Fonzie]

Wow, this thread traveled a path I hoped it never would have. My god EoFF...


Is there any other background on this particular individual that may still some rumors and allow some to show a little more respect and understanding?

He won the spelling bee, and I think you get a scholarship for that.

[fire_of_avalon]

So what you're saying is, you know :skull::skull::skull::skull: all, right?

[Fonzie]

So what you're saying is, you know :skull::skull::skull::skull: all, right?

Yup.