Comments on: Finally: Teen prodigies debate vital social issues ‘n stuff

By: spmat

spmat — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:41:07 +0000

It will never come again.

Asher on June 22, 2009 at 10:05 PM

For some folks, it never goes away. See “The Real World” and most of reality TV.

By: RD

RD — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:38 +0000

Wow. Jonathan Crohn (sp?) kicks azz.

Rank personal opinion: Burning kids out on 11 months of school a year is a terrible idea – it does not make them better or better-performing. 9-10 months of work hard, play hard (and relax) is much better for healthy development.

By: thinkagain

thinkagain — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:37:59 +0000

nice to see kids get passionate about a subject…good for some laughs too.

By: Mephistefales

Mephistefales — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:12:53 +0000

I feel like the elder statesman…

I laughed…

By: Axeman

Axeman — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:58:27 +0000

The most intelligent human beings are also the most unsociable ones.

Ian on June 22, 2009 at 10:27 PM

Which is what could make them bad social and political analysts. You have to have a “people IQ” for socio-political analysis. In addition, success in a well-defined and rule-heavy field like Astrophysics is precisely the type of thing that can make you think that politics needs to be run on well-defined abstract theories–and that just makes liberals, with their ideas on how castles could theoretically be suspended in air.

By: ChristianRock

ChristianRock — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:41:59 +0000

I was raised in Brazil. We do not go 11 months a year there. No sir. Plus, the school day is only 4.5 hours as there are morning and afternoon classes for over 95% of the students (all public schools are like that), to make double use of all facilities.
So that was a big piece of misinformation right there…

By: ProudPalinFan

ProudPalinFan — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:34:45 +0000

Forgot to add-that witchy History teacher- Public school

By: ProudPalinFan

ProudPalinFan — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:31:59 +0000

Parents or lack of parents are far more to blame

CWforFreedom on June 22, 2009 at 10:20 PM

Agreed. :)
However, good teaching is memorable. Bad teaching is unforgettable.

sleepyjean on June 22, 2009 at 10:25 PM

Tell me about it…

Anybody had a teacher with curved nose with a wart on the side teaching History, and if things got louder than normal talk, out the ruler came and whacked the desks?

I am STILL haunted by that teacher!

By: lungfungus

lungfungus — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:20:33 +0000

Child prodigy = talented parrot.

By: ProudPalinFan

ProudPalinFan — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:18:32 +0000

BTW Allah knows who I am on Twitter – if you want to know what I am talking about, fetch me; you know my username over there.

By: ProudPalinFan

ProudPalinFan — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:17:25 +0000

lengthening school year? I bet he gets picked first at kickball and ends up becoming Prom King.

sorry, but I always find it disturbing when parents use their kids for political purposes, regardless what side of the aisle they are on.

ramrants on June 22, 2009 at 10:17 PM

One thing-and I feel I have to make it pretty clear since I twittered about it for a couple of days-is to encourage freedom of expression in your own household, present to the children more than one possible outcome (& reasons for both ends of the debate) to any situation, trust me: THEY WILL ARRIVE AT THEIR OWN CONCLUSION. I tried it here re: Iran revolution.

What my son conveyed on Twitter (I typed it) with the bunch of hashtags for the world to see, simply put ppl agreed with me and we were RT’d. My children do get dirty, do catch all the bugs and they get as dirty as they come; but definitely when TV is on and ppl are by the thousands on the street,protesting, I had to explain my son that that was not happening here in the United States -for real!-

By: ProudPalinFan

ProudPalinFan — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:08:13 +0000

ROFL!!! That was as red meat as I can get a-ny-where! Where can I borrow Jonathan to hang out here? Maybe he will change some minds in my family!

By: Typhonsentra

Typhonsentra — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:06:19 +0000

I remember the college kid who was number 3 on the panel, he thinks video games are a waste of time or something like that.

By: The Monster

The Monster — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:42:10 +0000

Adora’s “logic”: “President Obama has two kids, therefore he wouldn’t put them in debt unless it were an investment in our future”.

It represents the abdication of critical thinking, and the blind acceptance of whatever Teh Won chooses to foist upon us.

By: eeyore

eeyore — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:32:55 +0000

Jonathan’s show – Hannity-esque? Nah.

Morton Downey, Jr.-esque? Oh, yea!

By: Ris4victory

Ris4victory — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:46:21 +0000

I think all 3 kids were awesome – if only more kids were actually PAYING ATTENTION in school and learning and stating their beliefs in coherent English. There is nothing CREEPY about children. Anyone that thinks these 3 were creepy are silly and quite immature. These kids are our collective future – I love their spunk and maturity.

By: Buy Danish

Buy Danish — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:40:35 +0000

Most annoying segment evah.

By: jonknee

jonknee — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:29:28 +0000

Why is Fox News taking these kids encouraging this? It’s a parody of their incompetence. The other kids seem sweet, but Khron is insufferable.

By: Frank T.J Mackey

Frank T.J Mackey — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:15:43 +0000

I loved the 11-12 year old college graduate. All what he did was give one sentence responses.

Anyway, Jonathan 1, the Libs 0.

By: viking01

viking01 — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:11:39 +0000

Yet it’s all for naught if the school bus is late.

Is an increase in allowance a stimulus package?
If it rains during recess can Gorebull Warming be blamed?
Is punish work torture?
Does Barney alienate non-purple dinosaurs?

What say you little Billy?

By: sram

sram — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:53:12 +0000

The kids are smarter than I/most of us were their age. But, don’t get me wrong, this is the kind of situation where a variation of Sotomayor’s wise Latina lady comment applies. Something like “a wise 30 year old man with his varied experience will have a better perspective on issues”.

By: Jeff from WI

Jeff from WI — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:02:22 +0000

The loudmouthed guy reminded me of Alfalfa of the Little Rascals.

By: Lehosh

Lehosh — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:36:25 +0000

High intelligence comes in different forms. And some very smart people can be very shy and awkward around people.

Loxodonta on June 22, 2009 at 10:09 PM

In other words, his mom has a “My Kid Is An Awesome Person at Hillview Elementary” bumper sticker.

By: RalphyBoy

RalphyBoy — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:37:44 +0000

Even smart people can be brainwashed.

By: demotheses

demotheses — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:32:13 +0000

I agree.

Not only is it creepy, Jonathan makes me upset bc he was intelligent in the first FOX interview of him.