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Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Yonkers, Nov 10, 2006.

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  1. Yonkers

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    http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/4325458.html

    Graduated college at 10? Damn. Now he's a millionaire too. I don't have a degree, which wouldn't matter much if I had a million bucks, but I don't have that either. :(
     
    #1 Yonkers, Nov 10, 2006
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    60 minutes did a story on this kid years ago. His life really didn't look like very much fun. His mom had to sit with him in college classes and he never had a childhood because he was always working on school and they always had to give him more work to "challenge" him.

    I know a million bucks is nice, but I'd rather have real childhood.
     
    #2 geeimsobored, Nov 10, 2006
  3. Yonkers

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    I agree. My wife is always talking about getting our son into gifted programs and having him graduate early. For one thing he's only 3 so that's way too early. Secondly, why hurry up his adulthood? Force him one year earlier into having to worry about paying bills, etc.
     
    #3 Yonkers, Nov 10, 2006
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    I hated being a kid, personally.
     
    #4 mrpaige, Nov 10, 2006
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    Michael? Is that you?
     
    #5 IROC it, Nov 10, 2006
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    C'mon! While we all wanted to "grow up" you didn't have fun at all as a child?

    As much as I hate to say this, if I could relive my life for only one year, it would be age 12.
     
    #6 Fatty FatBastard, Nov 10, 2006
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    Me too... ain't nothin like being a rebel on the Huffy, catching bumble bees and playing nintendo.
     
    #7 Asian Sensation, Nov 11, 2006
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    I'm sure there were some good times, but mostly I just remember a whole lot of bad. It could've been much worse, but I just remember feeling nearly unrelenting sadness and loneliness, as well as a feeling of helplessness due to a lack of control over nearly any aspect of my life (and I didn't care for that).

    My greatest fear is that time is circular and, when we die, we go back and do it all again.
     
    #8 mrpaige, Nov 11, 2006
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