The kid could have been rich.
He could have taken lessons, lost some weight, and worked for Master Replicas that makes light saber replicas or made more films improving his skills. People pay big money for the kind of national attention he had.
Seriously. He had a phenom going there and dropped the ball. Ok, he is a kid and got his feelings hurt. But making lemonade from lemons was a lesson clearly not taught nor learned. Too bad.
"The kid could have been rich."
I thought the same thing. He should have milked the 15 minutes of fame for all it was worth. Plus the ability to laugh at yourself is a good lesson to learn. When I was in HS, my friends and I purposely made films that made fun of ourselves just to entertain the school. They were often shown before convocations and everyone loved them.
Yup. He could have had the last laugh.
An excellent idea.
Years ago, my (now) 10-year-old son picked up HIS first light sabre and did his own version of Return of the Jedi.
Seeing that he was pretty dang good at it, we signed him up for fencing lessons.
And you know what? He IS pretty danged good at it! (Though he surprised us all by passing on the sabre and taking up the foil instead.)
That being said...add my name to the list of those who HATE bullies.
Regards,
PS: Last year the kids' (Catholic) school did an anti-bullying poster contest. I suggested the following to my son: "DON'T BE A BULLY OR I'LL HAVE TO KICK YOUR A$$." Which caused him to stop in his tracks and crack up with nervous laughter. I don't think he'd ever heard me say a bad word before. LOL...I can still see his face...
(And NO...we didn't hand that one in.)