Posted on 07/23/2007 3:56:58 AM PDT by deaconjim
Homeschool ping
Does he speak parseltongue?
He’ll be dead from snake bite before he’s thirty.
Thanks for posting this, deaconjim. It’s a nice article that highlights one of the benefits of homeschooling.
Aren’t you ever the ray of sunshine?
If I weren’t just an online faceless entity, I’d lay odds that he’ll outlive you.
Many folks are FAR more qualified at dealing with and controlling snakes than folks like you who know ONLY fear.
BTW, the critters in the article aren’t even poisonous. He MAY study some more dangerous reptiles later in his career, but your TERROR at the thought of SNAKES is absolutely ludicrous! Only the ignorant fear the unknown. Silly person.
Come to think of it, this rather echoes your fear and virulent HATE regarding pit bulls, too.
How someone can live in such fear of the world is beyond me.
Even my hamster pities you.
We get them every week on the local news.
Everything from teen movie makers to teen astrophysicists.
Who knows, this guy may find a cure for cancer in some obscure rain forest viper's venom.
Don't disparage it just because YOU don't think it's of any worth.
Let’s see.
Hate pit bulls. Check.
Own a dog. Check.
Afraid of snakes. Check.
Well, you’ve nailed me, mate. And yes, since the snake-handler who’ll die by thirty is 45 years younger than me, there’s a good chance he’ll outlive me. We are impressed.
how many engineers, scientists, and technologists do we need to stay ahead? every single one we can get... meanwhile, movies, tv and radio call these same kids nerds or geeks, attempting to dissuade them from perusing the field.
that's my point. stop with the fanning of hobbies that won't help ... and also stop the degradation of those we need.
and for the record, handling reptiles for a living is fairly pointless except for maybe the 1,000 or so people in the US that do it for venom research/antidotes/etc. (can't we outsource THIS CRAP instead??)
Where do you think they get the venom for the research?
Normally a herpatologist is the person that actually gets the venom from the snake.
Do we need more snake charmers? Probably not.
Do we need more movie directors? I sure would like to see some conservative patriotic ones in the mix, so maybe we do.
Do we need more scientists, engineers, etc. Most assuredly, but not EVERYONE is gifted in that respect.
As for calling them geeks, nerds, etc, I WAS one of those that got called those names. Didn't matter to me.
I was raised to believe in myself.
If you have the talent and brains, it shouldn't put you off just because someone else doesn't realize what you're worth.
Personally, I’d rather read an article about a kid who is learning to do what he loves, and what makes him happy. This business about learning to do a job based on someone else’s idea of what society needs sounds a lot like something Hillary would be in favor of.
we'll import the rest. brilliant
the 'do what you feel like doing' mindset is straight out of the 60s hippie generation. and American sure as hell doesn't need anymore of those idiots
BTW, correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't a herpetologist be considered a 'scientist'?
look to the media... watch what they promote/market/endorse... they are 'bashing' engineers/scientists/technologists but show a puff piece about a kid playing with snakes, celebrating it.
my point, as stated before, is to stop bashing the fields we need (which might be the liberals point ... anything that hurts America) and celebrate them alongside the lizard boy.
do we need the lizard boy? sure... but we don't need millions of them. the fields that get bashed by the media are needed for defense and help make the country strong (which may be the reason they are bashed by the media)
and if you didn't know, when the media puts out puff pieces, it is marketing that item. in this case, they would be marketing in an effort to produce more herpetologists (to be kind... otherwise they are just creepy kids collecting snakes & bugs)... where is the same puff piece endorsing technology/science/engineering ?
Lighten up. Most people don’t use media puff pieces to choose their careers, and the ones that do probably shouldn’t be in scientific or engineering fields anyway.
If that were the casee, i'd be a gyencologist, not an engineer. Glad I am an engineer, the diesel smell on the jobsite is much more pleasant.
It sounds like the Boy Scout Merit Badge program did just what it’s intended to do. Spark the fire of an individuals passion and interest leading to a career of choice.
Good for him.
SZ
Apparently, you are doing a job you love, rather than the job you thought you would love.
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