Some really smart kids aren’t by the time they reach adulthood.
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I know. What happens to them? Perhaps too much adult influence.
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Or, too little…
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So true. I worked with youth at risk and saw both sides.
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As a result, the only way they can make a living is in politics!
Ginger
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Ha ha ha! Perfect!
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No indeed 👎
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Ha ha
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Ah adulthood ! That life changing snap quiz. And I might add it is an on going snap quiz with a bad dash of Calvin rules.
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I like the way you think.
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What happens?
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We never know until after the fact.
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Nature or nurture?
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Six of one and half a dozen of the other.
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This makes me nid, laugh, and cry
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I have seen too many…
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It’s those adults, the kids try to outdo them. The ‘look at me’ factor 🤣
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Dangerous but true.
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Yes, it’s true Pam, and I’ve known a few of them. If you were a regular or sub-par performer like myself growing up, watching your peers ‘blow’ their potential wasn’t actually something I would have noticed at the moment it was happening, because to my peers, I might have been seen as the one who was ‘blowing’ it. Seeing it play out among children when I’d become an adult was much easier to spot. But all my railing and pleas were mostly ignored. I really do think the influence of peer pressure is so great, it smothers out nearly every other incoming impulse. It was in my case. Being fearful of one’s parents only makes you want to be away from them as soon as you’re able.
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You are nowhere near being ‘sub’ anything! You are bright, articulate and compassionate. That puts you miles above so many people on this earth. I do agree with you about peer pressure. I succumbed more than I should have but less than I could have.
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They skip and miss out too much regular learning.
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And it can be years or even decades before they realize their mistake.
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What a waste of smart minds.
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The smartarse ones, by any chance? 🙂
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They seem to evolve along the same lines… Smarter and Arseyer here! Ha ha!
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Fortunately, I’ve also seen the opposite dynamic play out.
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Me too
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