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Spelling Bee Winner
When you have a minute, watch this interview btwn this year's spelling bee winner and some lady on morning television. I saw an equally painful one between him and Meredith Viera, where Mereddith Viera came pretty close to snapping at him. and I cannot figure out: is this kid purposefully being rude; or does he have some kind of aspergers? Is he missing social cues because of his arrogance or might he have some kind of disorder? Watch the video till the end. Thoughts?
http://my.break.com/media/view.aspx?ContentID=308035
2 comments:
Wow! What a painful interview from both ends. I always think interviews like this are ridiculous and really don't serve a purpose, but I do think you're right that he is missing some social cues. It may have something to do with being home schooled. Obviously not everyone who is home schooled has no social abilities, but it can definitely lead to a lack of social abilities and mirror Asperger's. I personally don't see anything wrong with home schooling as long as the parents make an effort to keep their son or daughter social in other places. One of the only ways to grow emotionally is interaction with other people, which can have its rough times too.
I actually saw that interview with Meredith Viera too! He is incredibly socially awkward and I have to agree with reszabo that it could be attributed to his lack of social interaction since he is homeschooled, but that also assumes that he is an only child. I don't think it is fair to try to diagnose him based on a couple of television interviews but I do think it's fair to say that he could use a class or two in communication skills and social etiquette.
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