Video: 2007 American Spelling Bee Champ - Painful to watch

[loho33]

http://www.ifilm.com/video/2862093

This is why you dont home school kids :lol:

[phomp]

wow it was painful to watch..

You can tell the kid has no friends though or interaction with other kids.. hahah :lol:

[importpsycho]

LOL what a loser

[superman2007]

lol that anchor chick must be pissed at him:lol:

[dre145]

lol ooooh man, why do parents do this to these kids??

i means whats the reason, ok he can spell and so what?? your kid could be really smart but if he doesnt have the communication skills he isnt going to get anywhere in life, nor find a good job.

oh well funny clip

[veejam]

god...i wanna kick this kids ass!!

[MkmBandit]

ahahah THIS kid was on the Jimmy Kimmel show tonight. It was friggin hilarious. Guillermo was reading words and this kid couldn't understand anything hahahah oh man.. I'll search Youtube in the morning and look for the vid. :lol:

[dre145]

ahahah THIS kid was on the Jimmy Kimmel show tonight. It was friggin hilarious. Guillermo was reading words and this kid couldn't understand anything hahahah oh man.. I'll search Youtube in the morning and look for the vid. :lol:

this isnt it but lol

http://www.videoclipped.com/video.php?title=Jimmy_Kimmel_Spelling_Bee

[LegiT]

this isnt it but lol

http://www.videoclipped.com/video.php?title=Jimmy_Kimmel_Spelling_Bee


LMAO... :lol:

[billdozer]

lol ooooh man, why do parents do this to these kids??

i means whats the reason, ok he can spell and so what?? your kid could be really smart but if he doesnt have the communication skills he isnt going to get anywhere in life, nor find a good job.

oh well funny clip

QFT
LOL at video...really painful to watch.

These kids just memorize words from the dictionary everyday......sure it'll improve their lexicon but damn, anti-social 4lyfe

[Diamondog]

This guy is in for a life of fast cars and hot ladies!

[ricoboxing]

in about 40 years they're gonna make a movie about his life. It's gonna be called "The Fifty Year Old Virgin"

[Yaowsers]

His parents deserve a good smacking.

[billdozer]

in about 40 years they're gonna make a movie about his life. It's gonna be called "The Fifty Year Old Virgin"

:lol: :lol: :lol:
11/10

[winner2000]

Oh god I actually remember watching this interview live on TV the day it aired and OP is right...it was SOOOOOOOO painful to watch. I actually feel kinda bad for him...hopefully it's just a "phase" or something.

[bleeet]

the kid is being "home-schooled" nothing surprising here

most kids that go through that don't know how to really interact with other people

[NDman]

Being home-schooled is not necessarily the culprit. I know a few friends who home-school their kids up to the point they reached high-school. Their kids grew up fine without any social or communication problems at all.

The problem here is the force-feeding non-sense from the parents that they think the Spelling Bee is the only goal of life. And that they seem to have taken everything away from the kid's life. That's just sad

[kleptodathief]

geekazoid FTMFL LOL!!! anyone notice his ears?? :D
imagine this nerd on a rampage when he grows up??? :confused:

[Cyber6]

lol ooooh man, why do parents do this to these kids??

i means whats the reason, ok he can spell and so what?? your kid could be really smart but if he doesnt have the communication skills he isnt going to get anywhere in life, nor find a good job.



+1

Communication skills, social skills.... are a must. Poor kid.


C.

[boyoflondon]

This kid will have his arm as a 'best friend' for the rest of his life ....

[bleeet]

Being home-schooled is not necessarily the culprit. I know a few friends who home-school their kids up to the point they reached high-school. Their kids grew up fine without any social or communication problems at all.

The problem here is the force-feeding non-sense from the parents that they think the Spelling Bee is the only goal of life. And that they seem to have taken everything away from the kid's life. That's just sadThey are lucky they did that till high school...In the states I have heard most do have been home-schooled until college. Then while in college they have a terrible time interacting with people and gettign friends.

Yea i agree the parents are to blame as well but since he is being home-schooled he probably isn't getting much interaction with other people besides his parents

[NDman]

They are lucky they did that till high school...In the states I have heard most do have been home-schooled until college. Then while in college they have a terrible time interacting with people and gettign friends.


They were well aware of that so right from the get go, they said the kids will be home-schooled until the beginning of high school before the kids lose all the interactions and the necessary skills with the outside world. Mind you though, they also sent their kids to the music lessons among other things that many children do so that helped too. But anyway, I still say Spelling Bee is one sad competition

[impronto]

ahahah THIS kid was on the Jimmy Kimmel show tonight. It was friggin hilarious. Guillermo was reading words and this kid couldn't understand anything hahahah oh man.. I'll search Youtube in the morning and look for the vid. :lol:

i need this video! where!

[PSiBeR]

I see a bright future for this kid... :lol:

scombridae... can't spell the dam word just move on jeez.. taking up air time here.

[yao416]

LOLLLLLLLLLLL what a kid.

[infinite.chaoz]

This kid will have his arm as a 'best friend' for the rest of his life ....

LOL, hes so not ready for the real world. Will get eaten alive.

[Jkim]

Lmao
omg.
LAWLERSKATES

[Lone_Prodigy]

This kid will have his arm as a 'best friend' for the rest of his life ....

You mean his hand.

[Stunt_101]

i hate this kid, he thinks he a hot shot cause he won the spelling bee, he seems kinda ******** during the interview from my point of view, he maybe smart in spelling but definately won't be sucessful in life when hes gonna talk like that in the working world, whut a loser

[Stunt_101]

This guy is in for a life of fast cars and hot ladies!

ahhh no

[computer01]

Homeschooling is one of those things that can work very well or fail horrendously.

I personally know one guy - he's about 19 now. He's taking a year off of school because he had finished two years of university by age 18. He is a walking, talking genius. Socially, he is as normal as they come. He has been homeschooled his whole life. His brothers and sister are all homeschooled and are quite smart too. All of them are well adjusted and interact very well with others. His parents are both very smart people.

Then there's the other side. I know of several kids/young adults who are/were homeschooled. Some of them are the most socially inept people I have ever met. They make the kid in this video look like a public speaker. Their mothers, typically the ones providing the education, are mostly uneducated people who strike you as not exactly being the cream of the intellectual crop. The kids rarely leave the house and don't really have friends outside of their brothers and sisters.

I'm not completely against homeschooling, but seeing some of the latter cases sure does strike some fear when thinking of the larger scale. A lot of these kids may have learning disabilities or other problems and they may never be diagnosed because the kids are never in a setting where anyone will notice.

In the words of Mr Gump, that's all I've got to say about that.

[Paranoidandroid]

That was painful to watch, but I think he has some sort of mental disorder. I don't think home-schooling is to blame for that.

[epiphony]

*CRINGE*

Indeed, that video was more painful than watching a video of a guy getting kicked in the nuts.

[skyblue12]

LOL wow..

"if you don't pronounce it properly i can't spell it properly!"

:lol:

[BelligerentDog]

Kid's got an attitude problem.

[jonkaho]

funny looking too!

[sxz]

+1 for shameless Subway plug

[ji2o0k]

bwhahhah freaking hilarious...........but still doesn't beat this one:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5301654751776175545

I love spelling bees........

[Terry Bogart]

That was painful

[Spray]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWgv_Q825Bo&NR=1

hahaha noone got it

[jonkaho]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWgv_Q825Bo&NR=1

hahaha noone got it


:lol: thats funny!

[billdozer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWgv_Q825Bo&NR=1



LOL :lol:
Do the chickens have large talons???

[mrlooneytoon]

Scary

[MkmBandit]

i need this video! where!

It was finally posted! :-0 :razz: :cheesygri

THIS KID IS F-N HILARIOUS :!:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6iwD4PI47c

[jory29]

I was surprised to see that no one else has commented on the idea that the boy may have some sort of autistic spectrum disorder? Something seems to be 'off' with him, [from what is neurotypical] but it may not be homeschooling related as much as it just might be 'who he is.' Mind you, it is up to his parents to see to it that they can help him with social skills throughout his homeschooling years, so homeschooling may not be to his benefit, in particular. Good for him for winning, but I sure hope the parents are not pushing him into it. I didn't watch the whole video, only the first half.

It was painfully awkward for all involved. :|

[jcoltage]

man I wish he when to school where people like me would make him eat sand every day ... take away some brain cells.... :D Homeschool can not last of ever ... we will get him as in the words of my god "did you see that nark.. NARK!!!" my man homer simpson.

[OceanDrop]

I was surprised to see that no one else has commented on the idea that the boy may have some sort of autistic spectrum disorder? Something seems to be 'off' with him, [from what is neurotypical] but it may not be homeschooling related as much as it just might be 'who he is.' Mind you, it is up to his parents to see to it that they can help him with social skills throughout his homeschooling years, so homeschooling may not be to his benefit, in particular. Good for him for winning, but I sure hope the parents are not pushing him into it. I didn't watch the whole video, only the first half.

It was painfully awkward for all involved. :|

+1...i just watched this, and the first thing that came to mind was ASD

[jory29]

+1...i just watched this, and the first thing that came to mind was ASD

Yep.. You read my mind. For the record, I don't believe ASD to be a bad thing - just a different way of thinking. :)

[YnD]

This is the result of a negative social life.

[pintobean]

man I wish he when to school where people like me would make him eat sand every day ... take away some brain cells.... :D Homeschool can not last of ever ... we will get him as in the words of my god "did you see that nark.. NARK!!!" my man homer simpson.
Yeah that's real smart...bully the weird kid...until he gets a gun one day and brings it with him to school or work.

[cmge]

It was finally posted! :-0 :razz: :cheesygri

THIS KID IS F-N HILARIOUS :!:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6iwD4PI47c

:lol: ... that was great...

the first vid the OP posted was brutal... i feel bad for the anchorlady.. :(