Last week, we celebrated the magical victory of Evan O’Dorney, the Danville boy who seized the National Spelling Bee (along with the collective hearts of America). Well, it turns out the little kid is not as socially competent as you would think a home-schooled, super-speller might be. He’s actually pretty ornery. Kids these days.
June 8, 2007 at 9:45 pm |
I HATE this kid. What is his malfunction? He’s making my Team of the Week for sure.
June 8, 2007 at 10:49 pm |
After watching this video I was furious, this CHILD is the type of kid who does not deserve any sore of positive attention, he obviously thinks way too highly of himself and needs a few more bully-beatings to knock him down a notch or two. The only good thing from this story is the fact that he won’t reproduce – f*ck he’s just too damm ugly – f*cking home schoolers!
June 9, 2007 at 2:59 am |
Typical Danville trash.
June 9, 2007 at 4:35 pm |
Give the kid a break — he’s only a kid. If this was a professional athlete acting this way, I can understand having some negative feelings towards him, but he’s not even in high school.
It’s sad that we expect these kids to be so composed in front of a national audience.
June 9, 2007 at 4:41 pm |
i am obsessed.
June 9, 2007 at 4:50 pm |
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June 9, 2007 at 6:14 pm |
he obviously has aspergers syndrome, a type of autism
June 9, 2007 at 6:53 pm |
You sure he has aspergers? Because that seems like something that would have been a story ESPN would have ran with for a long time.
I am thinking he is just a social outcast thanks to never being around any kids his age.
Parents should learn: Putting your kids in homeschool may keep them physically safer, but it can also do much more damage later on in life when they have not developed at all socially.
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June 10, 2007 at 6:49 am |
I agree with anonymous who suggested that he might have Asperger’s Syndrome. There is probably a whole lot of undiagnosed aspie’s (as they like to be called) walking around. How about everyone finding out something about this, instead of jumping to conclusions? Believe me, if this is true, he is doing incredibly well and his parents are to be commended, not to mention the hazing he might have had in a “regular” school. Go Evan!
June 10, 2007 at 7:39 am |
Good call Linda. If he has Asperger’s, he is doing very well and needs support not bullying or taunting. If he doesn’t then I agree with Anonymous about the downside of homeschooling. Kids need to learn how to interact socially or adulthood will be hell.
June 10, 2007 at 7:55 am |
i agree
June 10, 2007 at 8:07 am |
test again
June 10, 2007 at 10:08 am |
This video is hilarious.
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June 10, 2007 at 5:33 pm |
I work with kids with Asperger’s Syndrome (about 5 minutes from Danville, actually) and I will GUARANTEE this kid has some form of Autism. I would imagine that the reason he is home-schooled is that he was teased and bullied while at school. Give him a break.
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August 24, 2008 at 3:43 pm |
He exhibits many of the signs of Aspergers Syndrome. It is common for people with the syndrome to excel in cognitive language acquisition and skills. His odd behavior also exhibits this.