Had enough defending homeschooling?

I heard him on NPR discussing his other interests -- music and math -- and he was charming.

I hope he never reads the comments posted about him.

But whether the kid gets on anyone's nerves or not, it has nothing to do with defending homeschooling. Or with feminism. Or charterhomeschooling. Or public schooling. Or whether anyone is a real hser or not. Or some law professor's notion that hsing should be more highly regulated.

All issues that have swirled around our individual choices to homeschool this week.

Nance

I saw that interview live the day after he won and was totally appalled. He should have not been there alone and he definitely doesn't need to make anymore appearances. I was embarrassed for his mother.

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were very carefully prepared for, and protected during, their post-Imus press conference, which I watched live on cable. Several were not allowed by university policy to speak to the media at all, because they were freshmen (freshwomen?)

And they *certainly* were not left alone!

Favorite Daughter, at 17 and in college classes, is being interviewed for a magazine article. We chose to have it done by email so she could be thoughtful and say what she really means, and I've asked that her real name not be used in publication.

Of course he shouldn't be left to fend for himself, with the media or anywhere else!

It's possible he shouldn't have been competing at all. He might have been much better off not to have learned to use his mental aptitudes in this gladiatorial competition as spectacle in the first place. I have a whole story to tell about that, the time a Dick Clark Productions special tested FavD for their "Who's the Smartest Kid in America?" special. She was 9 or 10, quite the chilling episode for her and her mother . . ..

This is the first I've heard of this boy's case, Liza, but I'm not surprised. I haven't seen the video nor read the 450 comments mocking this young man, probably won't, don't need to, to know what kinds of minds and attitudes are on display in this sad public spectacle.

(People mock homeschooling and unschooling --and "gifted" education -- just like they mock this little boy. And for the same reasons, I am thinking . . .apparently they haven't learned any better, however they were schooled.)

Liza, we're having a spirited discussion about your earlier post here.

of reason, Nonpartisan!

I linked your post and discussion for our unschooling blog, "Cocking a Snook" -- so if you see a strange-sounding trackback in your unregistered queue, we're not porn.