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Originally Posted by sarramkrop
I was going to reply something along the line of ''Glice, exceptions are one thing, the norm is another thing altogether'' to his post and then I realised that probably he is thinking that himself anyway.
Kids are born with the potential of being smart and intelligent, if the enviroment they inhabit takes away all their possibilities of development at that young an age, it's not like you can simply put the blame on them. They are kids, not adults.
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Yes, everyone is born with potential, a threshold.
Their environment includes the culture itself and socioeconomic conditions that influence their-day-to-day lives and behavior. Many pertinent factors have been discussed in this thread. Out of all of them, i believe that !@#$%!'s point resounds the most:
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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
kids are being raised by the tv, not by parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles like the used to be.
nuclear families where nobody is home & ask the little shit "where have you been all day?" etc.
when i was a kid, not only was i surrounded by numberless relatives thoughout the day, but also my parents knew who i hanged out with & what not-- i mean we ran wild on the street, without real "supervision", but we always got debriefed at dinner time.
if i had said "oh my friend X is packing knives", the shit would have hit the fan.
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