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From: purtell@reed.UUCP (Lady Godiva)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: Skipping grades -> Undersociali
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Date: Fri, 21-Mar-86 16:13:35 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 21 16:13:35 1986
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>Now, skipping grades is not for everyone.  I skipped 6 grades total,
>and it has hurt me in some ways.  (As I have posted earlier,) I have
>trouble involving myself in outside society, I don't know very well how
>to meet people, and I am often lonely.  ...
>
>				--E. Fudd--

	Hmmmm. I came to college after one year of private high school
(not a very good private high school) and one semester of public high
school at age 16. I had absolutely no problems. I also have a very high
I.Q. but have never found that to be a problem in making friends either. 
In fact, I've been surprised by the number of people on the net who
complain about be socially inept because of their I.Q. I could see
skipping a lot of grades as giving someone a problem, depending on the
person, but just being intelligent? Maybe I'm weird, but I just don't
see how being intelligent should affect making friends with people
negatively. (If you are the type of person who is always buried in the
library or huddled in front of a computer screen then of course you'll
have trouble socially since no one will know you exist, but you don't
have to be intelligent to do that.)

	Share and enjoy 

		elizabeth g. purtell

		(Lady Godiva)