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To: Star Traveler; metmom
BUT, the "comeback" from the "homeschoolers" is that they are "developmentally advanced" -- so you carry that forward and that basically means that it's "legitimate" for 14-year old homeschoolers to have sex with 20-24 year old boys in the university.

Please point out to me where anyone is advocating that. I'm formerly homeschooled and a college grad as well, so I can talk to you about it either way.

Also, leave out any smileys and "lol"s please. If you need to insult someone by hiding behind that crap, then you need to be far more careful with your statements.

162 posted on 05/30/2010 11:23:39 PM PDT by Future Snake Eater ("Get out of the boat and walk on the water with us!”--Sen. Joe Biden)
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To: Future Snake Eater
You were saying ...

Please point out to me where anyone is advocating that.

It's not something that someone "advocates" for a student -- it's something that goes on, no matter what one advocates ... you see ... :-)

The point of the matter is this. You've got a 14-year old homeschooled student who is developmentally/socially advanced (as I've been told, and so I accept that as I'm told here). I understand that this 14-year-old girl will operate at a socially higher level than the comparable student in public school, even equivalent to adult levels and at least equivalent to the level of students in the university (who range from around 18 to about maybe 24 years old). So, that's fine, and I'm not going to quibble about that. It sounds good to me.

Now, what I know is how this 14-year old girl is going to find herself interacting with others, especially when she's already operating at a higher level of social competence than her literal age. In addition, I've been told that she can also end up looking older, in many cases (someone was saying that up above). Thus, you've got someone who acts older, is more competent socially, and may also look older (perhaps making herself look older, too, as might be possible in order to fit in more with others who are actually older).

So, no one is "advocating" that this 14-year old act in any certain way. That's not the point. The point is that she's going to make a decision for herself on how she is going to act, with other guys who are in college who want to be intimate with her. And when you get a selection of various 14-year old homeschooled girls in a situation like that, some will choose for themselves to be involved with an older college guy and others will not. Even if the selection is varied in a 80/20 spread or a 90/10 spread (depending on how you think it's going to turn out), it's going to end up in some spread of those decisions, for that 14-year old when she decides whether to be intimately involved with some 20-year old guy.

And I'm saying that since this 14-year old girl is as socially/mentally advanced as an adult and definitely so, compared to those other 18-24 year olds in college -- then her decision to be involved with a 20-year old guy or not, is just as legitimate as a 19-year old girl's decision would be.

Also, as I was saying to another poster, above, it's not that she has to choose for being involved, it's that whatever that 14-year old chooses for herself -- it's a legitimate decision for herself to make to be involved with a 20-year old guy or not. ... and that's the basic point ... that's all ... :-)


Also, leave out any smileys and "lol"s please. If you need to insult someone by hiding behind that crap, then you need to be far more careful with your statements.

LOL ... sorry... I don't change my posting style for anyone ... :-)

164 posted on 05/30/2010 11:44:21 PM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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