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things to write about later:

While I don't believe in the truth, Frey is still an asshole, or a sociopath. I haven't decided which.

Just because really smart kids are frequently challening to teach and raise, does not mean every kid, whose parents think they are a handful and foster conditions that make them more of a handful, is a fucking genius. But then of course in America everyone wants their kid to be a genius, so why the hell not let them get away with all sorts of crap and then be all hippy dippy about it to prove that they unique and evolutionarily advanced. In other words, wankity wank wank: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/12/fashion/thursdaystyles/12INDIGO.html

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It seems like it's important to recognize there are more things that are important than just being 'good at school' smart, and that some kids are going to be more emotionally sensitive than others. But working with those kids seems like a better idea than fawning over them; I'm sure some kids are more 'naturally' sort of spiritual or interconnected or independent or oppositional or whatever than others, but aren't those good things rather than OH SO TOTALLY SEPARATE FROM EVEYONE ELSE WE CANNOT DEAL things?