tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post5806393339217373548..comments2023-10-31T05:07:19.353-04:00Comments on Delenda est Carthago: Custody LawsDr. Φhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14086783503820477029noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-53026437103338431352011-11-22T19:53:49.641-05:002011-11-22T19:53:49.641-05:00"honor student" skepticism ... it's ..."honor student" skepticism ... it's similar to the way that every time a ghetto gangbanger gets shot by the police while committing a violent crime, he's an "honor student."<br /><br />PeterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-90068974947797622322011-11-21T11:52:09.942-05:002011-11-21T11:52:09.942-05:00Justin: If her parents were absent, this fact was...Justin: If her parents were absent, this fact was not part of the narrative. They are still together and are settled in the community, for instance.<br /><br />However, I am skeptical of a number of another aspect of the narrative: that the girls was an "honor student" before being corrupted by my cousin.<br /><br />While she may technically have been an honor student, I have observed many students, particularly girls, who possessed only modest intelligence yet were sufficiently conscientious that they could get good grades in JHS and early HS until they faced courses that were actually difficult. Then they kinda fell apart.<br /><br />Other factors to consider: the girl is, um, heavy. (So was my cousin last I saw him. So, for that matter is η so far.) Not a criticism, I'm just saying it's a class marker.<br /><br />None of this made what happened inevitable. But her grip on a middle class life was tenuous.Dr. Φhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14086783503820477029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-54757298945522667912011-11-21T11:29:14.316-05:002011-11-21T11:29:14.316-05:00These stories really point to the power of positiv...These stories really point to the power of positive parental leadership, and its opposite. I have seen many children of total trash losers turn out just fine, being raised by someone else. Some kids, like Sigma, just seem to be hopelessly deviant, but most kids only go bad because somebody feel asleep at the wheel. I am betting his baby mama's parents were absent when she fell under his sway, for example.Justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01023125641719686613noreply@blogger.com