Posted on 03/19/2005 8:30:22 PM PST by My Favorite Headache
So incredibly sad. So much God given talent. Just so incredibly sad. Loving God, please have mercy on this poor child's soul.
It sounds like he lived a lifetime in 14 short years.
Gifted indeed, only thing is no one wants to befriend a know it all type of person. Children with high IQ's are usually ostracized in school and friends are rare to come by..So sad! Loniless could be such a killer! This 14 year old had such potential, perhaps he could've discovered the cure for cancer or something like that. I feel for the young man's parents!
Parents claim much credit when they achieve (as they should get some credit). It's only fair to bring it up when things go badly as well.
Eiher way, I don't think such youngsters in question are properly recognized/condemned individually. Soldiers credit their training for what they do, but they alone pay the price or feel victory in the end, not their drill instructors.
Sad story. But it appears that it turns out that the kid was not as smart as people thought.
Home-schooled an issue, you say? Sounds like he was "well-schooled" to me. But your sample size is 1. Increase your sample -- and sample both home and public schools. Then redraw your conclusion.
~*ping*~
As cruel as it may sound, but self-murder has no forgiveness. It is only damnation. It was a ton of God-given talent, all wasted in the end.
What in the AITCH would that have to do in this instance; with this over-the-top gifted child?
Doesn't sound like he had much time to be a "kid", does it?
I am not going to place blame except for letting him be able to get ahold of a gun--(if someone wants to die bad enough, they will find a way, though)
I just felt more sad for the boy than impressed when I read his history---maybe he felt SO much pressure to "find the cure for cancer" or something equally as "brilliant" that he just let himself get sucked down into the deep, deep hole of depression--
The poor poor thing--such sad news all over the place today, with Jessica, Terri, and now him...
The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long, and you have burned so very very brightly.
As an anesthesiologist, I can only say that I would have been honored to work with him...but what is disturbing is that the suicide rate among anesthesiolgists is among the highest when looking at physicians as a group.
Oh shut up.
I agree,the problem could have been the peer group. Age 14 it rotten enough for most kids,they all want to be alike and "cool"---If he had made it through adolescence he would have been okay.
The family must be heartbroken--I would have a really tough time dealing with it.
I owned a .22 rifle and a 20 gauge shotgun when I was the same age, as I suspect many Freepers did. There's nothing wrong with a 14 year old having his hands on a gun.
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