WhitePony wrote:
Sociopaths are born wrote:The problem is that sociopaths are sociopaths as children. They reveal themselves as children. This kids behavior is far beyond the norm. His cheating is brazen and he's unapologetic. Good normal kids don't act this way. He's not going to change. While he's not nearly as bad as todd kohlhepp, todd was only 15 when his personality became very clear. Should he have been given more chances because of his age?
I am sorry but you clearly don't work with kids.
I have taught teenagers for more than a decade and I have had a lot of kids that I know would easily try to cheat in races if given a chance.
How do you know he is unapologetic, have you talked to him?
I teach a DE class at the local high school, and, one of the surprises when I started was just how rampant cheating is - I'd say 90% of the kids cheat on at least half of their graded assignments in some way or another. There's cheating at the college I work for, too, but, probably not like their younger fellows. As people become adults, most of them learn that cheating not only carries a risk of external punishment, but also, as the cliche goes, that cheating at something is only cheating yourself.
So, I agree with many on here that we need to back off this kid. Milestat may have felt burned after the first race and that's why they profiled him, still they went too far.
Hopefully he'll get the help he needs - he's obviously not mentally healthy. Not just because he's cheating, but because he's so brazenly bad and obvious - cheating in an indoor 800?!? And in this case, when he's gotten no significant advantage from his cheating, we and the rest of the internet should hope that as well and let those around him - who know him - help him do so.