2011-04-02, 03:55 AM
octopusprime Wrote:The kid is obviously very smart and not normal.
His mother is also obviously exploiting the kid in a way he is not comfortable with.
No one is saying the kids a fake. We're saying his mom is a plum.
Not that I agree with the kind of spotlight his mother proudly pins him under, but does he really understand the social aspect of WHY it could be bad? Why if he had a choice, he wouldn't want this sort of attention? I don't think so. I liked the spotlight once, but then I found out the hard way why overachieving isn't socially acceptable. I'm not sure we should really assume that hes not comfortable by it.
I wonder if he'd pursue astrophysics as something he'd settle with and depend on for the rest of his life. Would he ever wonder what life is like going through school at the pace everyone goes through?