I have a "seth" in my school actually, He usually finishes his work in class then side tracks playing games in my school, that was 1 year ago and now hes my friend
I know someone who has a genius IQ. He went the creative path in life working on music/art/movies/special effects. Lives a pretty average life which is fine. I just thought he was gonna do some big things when we were in school.
I have autism, and honestly it sounds like he might have it as well. Growing up, I was also described as "living in my own world" and being content with not interacting with peers. People like us often are very gifted, but struggle to communicate and join the rest of our peers in tasks that many others find easier, like staying engaged with tasks that don't specifically align with our interests.
@Fearless Joy my IQ is in the 95th percentile, my dude (yes this was tested professionally and not online. I don't like to boast but you seem like you want to argue about my intelligence). I agree that "gifted" is a broad term, and honestly IQ still gets overruled by many things. I am gifted, but my learning disabilities/autism causes me to learn information slower than others despite having higher than average accuracy when I regurgitate the information, which causes me to do poorly on exams. So, yes, I know there's a lot more to it than being classified as "gifted," and I do not see myself as better than others for sure. And I definitely see the world differently than neurotypicals, like you said. But, I don't know why you felt the need to bring me down just because I was stating the fact that autistic people have different strengths and weaknesses than others. I did not mean to make it seem like we are better than anyone. Just different. Also, you do seem to have some held stereotypes held about autistic people. I'd encourage you to learn more and let go of those. I'm passionate about getting rid of autistic stigma!
@Fearless Joy also, I think there needs to be a mindset change here. Personally my issues aren't with paying attention to details, but with other difficulties in communicating like a neurotypical. I can see and empathize with their point of view just fine (autistic people do not lack empathy! That is a stereotype), but the way I communicate seems odd to them. Unfortunately, while people can teach me to become a better communicator, it will never come naturally. This is why neurotypicals also have a job of understanding those who are different and exercising patience when listening to them. Humans as a whole should be responsible for learning to talk to those who aren't like them, neurotypical or not. I've spent a lot of time studying how to talk to neurotypicals. I think you should spend some time learning to empathize with those who are different from you, too.
@@MJsaBitterLemon My 4 year old nephew who is also autistic still doesn't talk.been in an ongoing therapy for like a year now..diagnosed as "moderately severe".will he be.........?
Hey Seth, I was in the same shoe as you (I started coding when I was 10). I don't know if you'll read this, but I faced some of the same challenges, and it's something that affects me to this day, but it's all worth it! Funnily enough I also started making games in Unity, and then I started making web apps. What I would say to my younger self is I wish I had just picked a passion that interests me and then applied the tool of programming. I got stuck using programming for the sake of programming and honing that skill rather than realizing it's a tool. I knew like 7 languages, but I never made a successful app as a kid even though I kept dreaming about it because I focused on the programming part, not the impact part, not the helping others part, and definitely not the what I find fun part. It's confusing because I found programming fun in itself, but applying it towards a particular goal will give you a lot of rewards long term :)
I'm someone like this too, who doesn't need other people's company, but I've learned that working in a group or team always needs a specific ally. If I ever end up actually working with others, I should always at least try and do my part well as team member. This inspiring story GL for Seith and family!
Well Seth I think you’re extremely cool and that you shouldn’t feel the need to conform to others just because they’re projecting their insecurities on you! Trust that you’ll find more and more people you can connect with :-) a community is always important in any situation whether you’re smart or not
I actually went to the same school as Seth here (ended up moving last year to the school hes coincidently trying out for this year), he was in the seal class two years below me. Even though I never really noticed it was THE SETH that I saw on TH-cam years prior, I’m sure he seems like a nice guy. People at that school aren’t generally very nice when they see someone who’s suddenly smarter than everyone else and that’s just the harsh reality of life at Australian high schools. I hope he gets into jmss though (I’m sure he will) because the community there is much more welcoming and friendly. Good luck! :D
This is literally what everyone goes through during a big change from primary school to secondary school. I used to be like him but people didn't like me. So, sometimes, u have to control yourself. I remember in secondary 1 and 2, every year in my report book it will be written something like "{Name} has a aptitude for learning. However, he has learn self-control and not speak out of turn". I have changed that now and it is better for me. EDIT: thanks so much for the likes :D
Hahah. It is normal. Just like an adult don't pick your nose in front of everyone. It is actually how to get older process. If u able to differentiate getting older and getting mature with your interest, it would be nice. Tq.
No. Don't just say 'literally' out of nowhere. I'm 12, and during the change from primary to secondary I didn't get any backlash, and I'm from Singapore AND I'm in a fully-international school. Anyway, I am just saying that the cause of every change being grim is from the people around you. If many the people around you accept you or are okay with you while some people never act inapropriately in ways that make you feel sad and emotional, the change turns to be minimum. Therefore if some people around you don't accept you and aren't okay with you and say stuff to you inappropriately and don't care if they don't like it or not, the change turns out to be grim. Why, you may ask? Because of bullying. Usually, some schools take action very well circumstances such as these, but this school? Seriously, they're letting someone who is about the same age of some of my classmates just speak out about the bullying in their school is like? Appalling, if you ask me. This might even damage the schools reputation if I'm being honest.
I faced a problem like this in elementary school. Oviously not even close to as smart as Seth, I wanted to design guns and military planes, so I started learning to code, cad design, and 3d print. By 3rd grade I was making rc planes, and did very well in science fair. My school grades were completely different. I hated school so much as It was worthless to me, so I never submitted homework. However, after middle school, I made a close knit group of nerds like me, and I'm fortunate that I found them. Otherwise, online I always see stories of nerds being isolated, and having no friends.
I bless him. I was also ‘gifted’ to start programming at 9. I cannot be more successful because what’s blocking me is from internal. Back to the day people understood my gifted outcome but my special demand. Nor myself. I now need to spend a lot effort to find my own native happiness back.
Life is never fair. Even the best will suffer from obstacles that life throws at them. Hopefully he overcomes all difficulties with the support of family 💓
I started programming at 12. It's not all that difficult if you find you have a passion for it. Certainly wouldn't say that makes one gifted. Lots of folks find what they're good at early on. Some are good at singing, some more athletic, some are good at math, piano, acting, art, etc.. you get the idea. Everybody has different strengths.
Seth is really gifted. I guess there is not much I can say about it other than that he is really amazing. Incredible parents too. From the way they speak, you can tell they are really educated themselves and they are not pushing hard on him to do things the way they want. His brain is wired completely different from us who are average. I really hope Seth lives a happy life.
In 2020, I learnt that the inky way to understand science (a subject i hated the most) was to force yourself to love it. I now love it so much, and it has grown my editing career
i felt like with kids like this, it's really important to also be physically healthy and strong, it's good for mental health, confidence, and power to fight back if necessary
Hard agree. Just taking it and being peaceful gets you no where. Become strong so that you can afford being peaceful. Talking as someone who severely lack any backbone this far.
This is why we have a vast range of academically selective high schools in Sydney. There are plenty of spots for gifted students to learn in where they are properly challenged and where the atmosphere, teachers, peers, supplies caters to their needs.
There's really a difference between gifted person and extremely gifted person. Your usual gifted person is what society want from this kid where they are smart and can play by the rules. But extremely gifted often even fall off because they can be depressed or have other mental illness just because they need to follow norm and rules. The best way to handle them is to get a suitable environment to make them grow like crazy as much as they want to. Do say things like "he really need to learn communication with other" when other here is like 10 stage below him. It's just same as you say to an adult to go hangout with these babies. It's just amazing that he still not break down from all of this. If one thing that he so excel at crumble in from of him most of the time they tend to have anxiety and insecurities later even develop to bad thoughts. I hope he can be successful later down the road.
In reality in australia, everyone in class are playing games and no one cares about whatever knowledge, and this is how it is through all 6 years in high school, having that smart kid carrying us is good when teacher ask questions and he be the one to carry by answering them all while we all sit back relax on games
That's the flaw of Education system, Education institution teach you what they want , not what you really wanted to be . It kills compassion and creativity of the student .
His father is actually software engineer, so he buy good pc and do also advocate seth to become programmer. Seth need to go to learn how to mingle with people (sports day, playing games with friends, etc).
It’s not about the rankings of the schools, it’s about the way the kids are taught, in fact those schools that Seth went to in Australia are quite average schools but they were able to build up his talents and to make the best out of them.
Omg It’s look like he is going through his emo phase😢 hope he have a good friend, just a few people who genuinely accept who he is and playing together messing around like every usual day in school ❤
Nobody: Employers: We are looking for a 13 y/o college fresh grad with 10 years of experience.... Seth: I don't think you've played enough Minecraft to know that.
I'm 13 and I'm going through the same thing, except the friends part isn't a big issue for me, because I code things to help my friends, like extensions or just utility things in general. I've been programming since I was 6, and I know JavaScript, Python, C, Some Java, NodeJS, Swift (for iOS dev), a little SQL, and I am learning Rust. I'm not as nerdy as some of you might imagine, I think the media portrays being smart as some curse, but I really like it
Looks like he's making a bullet hell game similar to Touhou or Danmaku. That's cool. Despite the challenges, I wish him the best in his career and life.
Wonder why the parents didn't let Seth go into the GEP in primary school and then into NUS School of Math and Science, and had to go all the way to Oz? It would be probably a good fit as he would have so many friends who will understand him.
Part of me feels like they didn’t want to face the possibility of Seth not qualifying for GEP. It would devastate them and invalidate all that they have thought of their kid. I mean he was 8 when the family moved. It would have been just a year more to taking the GEP tests.
@@MaxJoseph999 no offence to the family but it could be a possibility. Have seen many families putting through their kids in those GEP prep class with the belief that their kids are one up above others. The reality is that these classes can only do that much.
Instead of celebrating a smart boy, the teachers feedback that this bright kid is distracting other kids because he is way ahead of the curriculum. Singapore lost is Australias gain.
Children can be so cruel at this age. Misunderstanding, jealousy, bullying, insecurity. They pick on someone they think doesn't fit in. Regrettably it is very common behaviour.
The society is not pretty it self. The scenario of a child. 1. You are fat 2. You are ugly 3. You don't have a daddy or mum. You don't have iphone. The scenario of an adult 1. You are not thin enough 2. You are not pretty enough 3. You are not qualified enough. You don't have the brand I have or the paper qualification. From my opinion, Learn the true society before able to assist gifted people around the world. 👍. I guess this video proof how society doesn't understand or accept what a gifted one would normally behave in the society or to behave differently in the first place. If the society wants them able to so into society, it means making them to be as normal as possible externally and to train them silently to behave gifted internally. To become 2 personality at the same time. Hahahah.
I remember there was a kid that talked like him in my school in Brazil, today he went to Russia and is a Linux expert, something like that. He talks fast because he thinks fast.
For all of America's flaws, (and believe me there are many!), we at least have the option to homeschool here in every single state. While I agree that Seth needs to learn how to work well with others, this is clearly not the environment for him. What I see is a broken child whose light has been stolen. Bullying does not build character, it Inflicts trauma. It is a distraction from learning. There is a high school in America called Thomas Jefferson where the kids have to test for enrollment. Essentially, all of the children there are advanced learners. Smarts are celebrated. I took my child there for a visit to their Robotics Fair when he was in first grade just to show him what an environment of talented students looked like. The students were all kind. " Mini professionals" is what I would call them. Because of the school's reputation, it is overwhelmingly populated with South and East Asian immigrants. I can't help but to think how much Seth would thrive in such an environment. I don't want to blame Seth's parents, but simply stress the power we have in protecting our children's light-- he would be better off homeschooled. Gifted children do NOT belong among the general population. They belong among each other so that they can feed off one other's energy and not be held back. And not be bored out of their minds.
It kind of makes me sad that the parents don't value social or emotional intelligence, and also do not value athletics and physical movement which is important for health, especially in young bodies. Sure, it's cool that he is so advanced in particular areas, but clearly that could be detrimental in other ways.
You don't need a lot of friends.... You just need that 1 or 2 who is willing to stick with you thru thick and thin, people who genuinely accepts you for who you are.
Even so, most child have a lot of childhood, middle school, highschool friends and a lot of people have good school memories because of it. Nobody’s going to reminisce the time they learn maths in HS.
Honestly genius people dont need much advice from normal people, but normal people do otherwise Normal people cant control their lives and future but still they want to "teach” the genius "things” Its pure absurdity
yes, and you need to invest in that 1-2 friends as well. mental health is no joke. I hope Seth slow down on some days and invest in making long lasting friendship as well
@@tedlovejesus it's absurd for you to think like that. Genius are not genius in everything. They definitely don't need advice on what to do with their lives and expertise. But more often than not, geniuses do need human touch and advices on social interraction because the world is filled with normal people, and geniuses need to learn to vibe with majority, if he can't communicate with the general pleb, he's going to have a hard time and turn supervillain or worse, depressed loner. Read, the Curse of Genius.
@@tedlovejesus Some people need the sense of camaraderie and togetherness, not just close friends. It's a shame that teamwork is a soft skill that's seen as unnecessary at school. Just because a person is knowledgeable, doesn't mean he/she is wise or having insight.
He's so blessed to have such healthy, responsible and smart parents who doesn't force him to do what they want like most Asian parents. Seth really needs help outside his intellectual pursuits and academic life and his parents seem to know what they're doing. Such a breath of fresh air. Other children as gifted as Seth would have been wasted just having your typical Asian parents.
Comparing footage from when he was 8 with his bright smiles, you can really tell he has been hurt a lot by his peers and probably from the limits of the school system. I would agree that he has good parents, but I don't think they realize the damage trying to fit someone gifted in the container called school. He should be given the ability to have more freedom to expand and grow out in what he enjoys doing, but you can see that is not nearly the case. Hopefully by the time he reaches a learning institution that is suitable to him, he wouldn't be mentally destroyed by the inept of the education system.
@@H_Is_One I get where you're coming from but I think school is still a good experience for him. Time and time again we see what happens with children that don't experience school and what it does to their "social structure". School isn't just a container of a wack educational system". It's an experience that the majority of youths undergo that shapes their social thinking and gives them a sense of normality. I think that's why his parents still decided for him to go to school. It's definitely a double edge sword.
Bullying is so widespread in secondary level education that many victims of it typically think they don’t belong there. Bullying only robs them of their self worth. This is one of the top factors resulting in school shootings that happen worldwide. However, I really don’t have to tell you all, but restricting guns all because of this only makes it worse. It’s like trying to ban alcohol a second time.
@@linhwang6651 almost every kid had the same amount of time to improve themselves like adults.. when some kids are learning hands eye coordination and balance and learning survival skills playing in the forest or playgrounds while some kids are forced to leave playground early to practice piano... every child with around 100 IQ has a lot of time and if taught efficiently can learn skills to high level...i am really good at discovering and mastering some odd skills but socializing and lack of experience in literally talking and being in social environments (since i practice my skills alone) have developed my social anxiety to a near crippling state in taking calls, meeting out with friends or just asking a teacher about things i don't understand to the point that i was failing and barely passing classes despite me being very skilled/gifted in other aspects of life...
Seth is amazing but in this episode I was more impressed with Dehan. That kid's got maturity and EQ better than many adults (including myself). The way he handles Seth's temperament, humbly learns from Seth's strength and sees his brilliant side instead of just his "weirdness". He even had the guts to approach his humanities teacher to speak up about people bullying Seth. I know I wouldn't have been able to do that at 13 years old. I think Dehan's parents really brought him up well.
@@PanikNT if you get the right tools , and the right parents when you were 8 I’d argue you, or anyone could be atleast half as good as him. He doesn’t look the type to be a super genius enrolling Harvard at the age of 8.
I think the comments here are really sad, this young teenager is obviously a gifted child (also watched his 2018 video back then). Singapore is too strict in terms of education for him, he’s miles ahead of his peers! It's not fair for people here to say that he'll never survive in the real world because he can't communicate with others, I believe he is also trying, but it'll be hard to find someone on the same wavelength as him in terms of intellect I suppose. Let us all wish him and his parents all the best, all of them are trying their best to bring the best out of him.
He'll be fine after the Australian school. The environment is pretty good despite his problems, it can be much worse. Not sure about skipping a year.. what's the point? To add 1 year to your working life? Why? Should rather be with peers your own age.
No… just treat him like a normal human being, You sound like just wanting extract every bit and ounce of utility out of gifted kids, that’s a dangerous idea tbh It’s not democratic and dictatorship at its finest
gifted prodigies often grow up as underachievers. Because they are so used to being miles ahead they don't have the resilient to risk and survive as an adult where being right and precise isn't the answer to most problems.
he'll be fine. at least they know he's gifted, instead of torturing his enthusiasm for computer science with constant competitions that often disqualify people who aren't as good as those with master degrees like they do in Taiwan.
The right thing to do for a gifted child is to put him in an environment in which his peers are equally gifted. Gifted children feel bored and are often isolated by others in a normal school. I'm not familiar with Australia, but I am with the US and also Singapore. There are many programs in the US and Singapore to develop gifted children. These students are very motivated when they grow up with peers of equal talents and given the opportunities to explore the world that excites them.
Not gonna be in 1 of 2 groups so the same issue persists. Best would be to learn to integrate at the school. Skipping a year isn't a solution, it's part of the problem.
Imagine being labeled as gifted by not only your parents but the media.. poor kid. That just puts unnecessary pressure and expectations on the kid to do well. A lot of gifted kids have mental health troubles later on in life because of it. Seth please seek help one day if you feel the need to
Parents are usually the root of the problem. Many push their kids to the limit from very young. These parents seek after glory and pride of having an academically advanced kid. I have watched many documentaries of young genius on TH-cam, unfortunately many of these so called gifted kids did not have a good ending, some ended as sex worker, McD staff, etc. I just hope Seth’s parents and others will stop praising Seth for being smart and intelligent, they should compliment Seth’s hardwork and perseverance instead.
I think he's got very good parents. One thing I find important to realize is we can't say he's superior to others. He just learned discipline in a loving way from an earlier age, that's something many many parents can't achieve.
i just had this conversation with my dad today. and thats immediately what i thought when i saw this. he is very smart in the things he likes to do just like everyone else who spends all day doing something not taking anything away from this amazing guy. but if i were introduced, for example to chess at 8 and became obsessed with it id also be a prodigy i think we will see more stories like this in the future with the abundance of information there will be more kids picking up things and thriving. thank you for this post
i think it's just cause he was exposed at a young age to it. and he's probably actually interested in the stuff he learns. i am kinda similar and i knew many programming languages since i was young but i suck at discipline. and i understand stuff quickly but don't do homework. not as young as him tho, i probably learned my first language when i was 8 (scratch, if you count that, which i do). then i started learning other stuff like js, lua thru roblox, c++, rust, etc.
The word prodigy is innately comparative but I can't get why we need to use prodigies as geniuses will just be another smart adult amongst hundreds of others
I don't like that the parents think its ok for him to be alone so much. They should help him foster social skills as that is a part of life. Otherwise he'll get bullied a lot and also what if his parents pass away, then he won't have them to guide him and who knows what would happen then. Everyone needs some basic social skills and to be able to build rapport and form relationships.
Like Seth my son was also an outstanding coder at a very young age, he then went to one of the top selective schools in Melbourne and now at a Go8 University studying Aerospace Engineering, he is also an engineer for the University’s Rocketry team. The sky really isn’t the limit for kids in Australia. They can truly reach for the stars.
Just keep track what he has learnt and have solve every month in a diary or notebook. Or what else he want to solve every month. Else the speed of learning would jeopardize his own speed. Just don't assume he has the same speed or capacity like a robot as we are actually dealing with human dna changes, growth, hormone and cell replacement. My 2 sen.
My nephew wrote computer programmes and composed music after school. After graduation from the university, he worked for Microsoft. In his 40, he retired and has no interest to work any more. Guess he has a burnout, like many programmers.
A lot of child prodigies have trouble socializing and just in general seeming normal because they are so smart. Intelligence is very difficult to mask. It is much easier to just avoid people than dumb down at that level. I'm speaking from experience. I really relate to him. What made me thrive socially was not the fact that I felt like I needed to fit in but truly understanding other emotions. I studied people the same way I studied any other topic then I tested what I learned in real life. Like a social experiment. Now instead of feeling like I don't understand people I realize even most quote normal people don't even understand people and just learning to except them the way they are. The only thing is I expect the same from them. If they can't give me that mutual respect I cut them out of my life. Times were I ignored this rule ended very badly. However, I learned from them now I'm surrounded by very supportive people. Who at the very least respect me even if they don't necessarily like me.
Sounds like you still have a lot to learn. To understand others, you'll need to understand yourself first. Sometimes it's through life experiences or it can be through material arts, meditation, relationships (any relationships) or at work. Observe and listen to yourself when you're around others.
Aww I hope the best for Seth. Kids at that age can be douchey, I really hope he doesn’t let them get to him :( if anything their actions reflects more about their personality! It’s good that he’s not easily peer pressured and he has a friend and supportive teachers at school. Just keep being you (and not mean) & you will attract the right people ^^
I think that his dad getting him interested in science and programming at an young age really helped him. I grew up without the internet and schools here just focused on rote memorization, parents didn't do much to help so studying was boring for me but once I had access to internet there were videos that made every subject interesting (unfortunately I was already out of school at that time). I'm not nearly as gifted or intelligent as Seth though.
Not saying this out of jealousy, but the brightest candles burn the fastest. He seems to have some deficits in social and communication, despite being “academically gifted”. What kind of quality of life can you have, if you are smart but unable to live?
I also skipped a year and was immediately pulled out by my mum a year later for similar reasons. I wonder what a difference it would have made if I was placed in a suitable environment, instead of being placed in an equally boring classroom with kids nearly two years older than me. I’m seeing some of that in Seth’s story, too.
Hahaha. Skipping years is just the education system able to provide it. It is boring though, but with today's technology, just updates your skill or perhaps know as your interest. Finding your own frens that keeps you energetic. Cheers.
@@stevenchan7537 Yes, that's true that there are more options for self-directed learning now. But it was a little different when I was seven years old, hahaha
@@minjosof ok. I hope everyone could live a better life with their own definition of comfort zone. A child life would be so boring to live with those adult who is lost or lack of memory of how it is to be a child when they are child before.
@@yuulb.alwright4333 I was in primary school back then, so the social development differences were pretty stark. Glad to hear you're doing well after skipping grades though!
Bro I feel bad for the kids who don't realize how much they could learn from him. Those kids who do realize it, will truly value him for the person he is.
Nobody talks about how gigachad Dehan is though for speaking up for his classmate
Beyond just speaking up, he actually bothers to enter Seth's world in hopes of fully embracing him. Real gigachads-
Facts W Dehan
He also look like hamza a little bit
@@Shut_Up he doesn’t look like hamza tho 👀
@@edandoesart Dehan is his Indian looking friend no?
If yes he look a little like hamza like when he wad young if i saw
I have a "seth" in my school actually, He usually finishes his work in class then side tracks playing games in my school, that was 1 year ago and now hes my friend
Good for you, i'm so proud of you. Your mother must be very proud of you too. :)
Just made me smile ❤
im not gonna lie i think that's just a normal student
I know someone who has a genius IQ. He went the creative path in life working on music/art/movies/special effects. Lives a pretty average life which is fine. I just thought he was gonna do some big things when we were in school.
@@spline5243 I get the same impression from seth
I have autism, and honestly it sounds like he might have it as well. Growing up, I was also described as "living in my own world" and being content with not interacting with peers. People like us often are very gifted, but struggle to communicate and join the rest of our peers in tasks that many others find easier, like staying engaged with tasks that don't specifically align with our interests.
he has for sure
@Fearless Joy my IQ is in the 95th percentile, my dude (yes this was tested professionally and not online. I don't like to boast but you seem like you want to argue about my intelligence). I agree that "gifted" is a broad term, and honestly IQ still gets overruled by many things. I am gifted, but my learning disabilities/autism causes me to learn information slower than others despite having higher than average accuracy when I regurgitate the information, which causes me to do poorly on exams.
So, yes, I know there's a lot more to it than being classified as "gifted," and I do not see myself as better than others for sure. And I definitely see the world differently than neurotypicals, like you said. But, I don't know why you felt the need to bring me down just because I was stating the fact that autistic people have different strengths and weaknesses than others. I did not mean to make it seem like we are better than anyone. Just different.
Also, you do seem to have some held stereotypes held about autistic people. I'd encourage you to learn more and let go of those. I'm passionate about getting rid of autistic stigma!
@Fearless Joy also, I think there needs to be a mindset change here. Personally my issues aren't with paying attention to details, but with other difficulties in communicating like a neurotypical. I can see and empathize with their point of view just fine (autistic people do not lack empathy! That is a stereotype), but the way I communicate seems odd to them. Unfortunately, while people can teach me to become a better communicator, it will never come naturally. This is why neurotypicals also have a job of understanding those who are different and exercising patience when listening to them. Humans as a whole should be responsible for learning to talk to those who aren't like them, neurotypical or not. I've spent a lot of time studying how to talk to neurotypicals. I think you should spend some time learning to empathize with those who are different from you, too.
Asperger is what I think of when I see him.
@@MJsaBitterLemon My 4 year old nephew who is also autistic still doesn't talk.been in an ongoing therapy for like a year now..diagnosed as "moderately severe".will he be.........?
Hes got a nice friend
It would be sad if Seth is not given an opportunity to develop his talents something that many normal schools cannot provide for.
Hey Seth, I was in the same shoe as you (I started coding when I was 10). I don't know if you'll read this, but I faced some of the same challenges, and it's something that affects me to this day, but it's all worth it! Funnily enough I also started making games in Unity, and then I started making web apps. What I would say to my younger self is I wish I had just picked a passion that interests me and then applied the tool of programming. I got stuck using programming for the sake of programming and honing that skill rather than realizing it's a tool. I knew like 7 languages, but I never made a successful app as a kid even though I kept dreaming about it because I focused on the programming part, not the impact part, not the helping others part, and definitely not the what I find fun part. It's confusing because I found programming fun in itself, but applying it towards a particular goal will give you a lot of rewards long term :)
I'm someone like this too, who doesn't need other people's company, but I've learned that working in a group or team always needs a specific ally. If I ever end up actually working with others, I should always at least try and do my part well as team member.
This inspiring story GL for Seith and family!
Well Seth I think you’re extremely cool and that you shouldn’t feel the need to conform to others just because they’re projecting their insecurities on you! Trust that you’ll find more and more people you can connect with :-) a community is always important in any situation whether you’re smart or not
I actually went to the same school as Seth here (ended up moving last year to the school hes coincidently trying out for this year), he was in the seal class two years below me. Even though I never really noticed it was THE SETH that I saw on TH-cam years prior, I’m sure he seems like a nice guy. People at that school aren’t generally very nice when they see someone who’s suddenly smarter than everyone else and that’s just the harsh reality of life at Australian high schools. I hope he gets into jmss though (I’m sure he will) because the community there is much more welcoming and friendly. Good luck! :D
This is literally what everyone goes through during a big change from primary school to secondary school. I used to be like him but people didn't like me. So, sometimes, u have to control yourself. I remember in secondary 1 and 2, every year in my report book it will be written something like "{Name} has a aptitude for learning. However, he has learn self-control and not speak out of turn". I have changed that now and it is better for me.
EDIT: thanks so much for the likes :D
Hahah. It is normal. Just like an adult don't pick your nose in front of everyone. It is actually how to get older process.
If u able to differentiate getting older and getting mature with your interest, it would be nice. Tq.
No. Don't just say 'literally' out of nowhere. I'm 12, and during the change from primary to secondary I didn't get any backlash, and I'm from Singapore AND I'm in a fully-international school. Anyway, I am just saying that the cause of every change being grim is from the people around you. If many the people around you accept you or are okay with you while some people never act inapropriately in ways that make you feel sad and emotional, the change turns to be minimum. Therefore if some people around you don't accept you and aren't okay with you and say stuff to you inappropriately and don't care if they don't like it or not, the change turns out to be grim. Why, you may ask? Because of bullying. Usually, some schools take action very well circumstances such as these, but this school? Seriously, they're letting someone who is about the same age of some of my classmates just speak out about the bullying in their school is like? Appalling, if you ask me. This might even damage the schools reputation if I'm being honest.
@@vortexturtoise relax bro. So you are telling me that speaking up for yourself is wrong.
@@vortexturtoisewhy should you care what others think of you? If you are being bullied then report it or stand up for yourself.
@@MillionaireMindsetClipsYT ya its easy to say but thing is even when we go work people will bully us
he has a nice friend and a great, understanding parents. that's all we need ♡
I faced a problem like this in elementary school. Oviously not even close to as smart as Seth, I wanted to design guns and military planes, so I started learning to code, cad design, and 3d print. By 3rd grade I was making rc planes, and did very well in science fair. My school grades were completely different. I hated school so much as It was worthless to me, so I never submitted homework. However, after middle school, I made a close knit group of nerds like me, and I'm fortunate that I found them. Otherwise, online I always see stories of nerds being isolated, and having no friends.
I bless him. I was also ‘gifted’ to start programming at 9. I cannot be more successful because what’s blocking me is from internal.
Back to the day people understood my gifted outcome but my special demand. Nor myself. I now need to spend a lot effort to find my own native happiness back.
Life is never fair. Even the best will suffer from obstacles that life throws at them. Hopefully he overcomes all difficulties with the support of family 💓
I have a Dehan in my life, and it's such a wonderful thing. Props to that kid
I love his supportive parents.. its positive and in a caring way just focusing on their child as a normal human being. Love it.
I started programming at 12. It's not all that difficult if you find you have a passion for it. Certainly wouldn't say that makes one gifted. Lots of folks find what they're good at early on. Some are good at singing, some more athletic, some are good at math, piano, acting, art, etc.. you get the idea. Everybody has different strengths.
The difficulty for a lot of people in anything is sticking to something they started at 12, or really any age.
@@DucklengUgly well thats just a discipline problem which is kinda irrelevant in this case
But are you gifted?
Our organisms start programming (=planning) movements, when we are age
Seth is really gifted. I guess there is not much I can say about it other than that he is really amazing. Incredible parents too. From the way they speak, you can tell they are really educated themselves and they are not pushing hard on him to do things the way they want.
His brain is wired completely different from us who are average. I really hope Seth lives a happy life.
Dehan doesn't talk his age. He's like a grandma who knows everything. Good for seth for meeting dehan.
he got nice friend. quality over quantity
In 2020, I learnt that the inky way to understand science (a subject i hated the most) was to force yourself to love it. I now love it so much, and it has grown my editing career
i felt like with kids like this, it's really important to also be physically healthy and strong, it's good for mental health, confidence, and power to fight back if necessary
Hard agree. Just taking it and being peaceful gets you no where. Become strong so that you can afford being peaceful. Talking as someone who severely lack any backbone this far.
this family is very inspirational!
Woah I didn't expect to see Seth again, it's been a while.
Same. Back when I watched this video I didn’t want to end my life.
He looks like from happy boy to mastermind villain. Waiting for the right time to show his color.
what a good friend! im so moved!
Good luck Seth! Hope you pass your exams this year!
This is why we have a vast range of academically selective high schools in Sydney. There are plenty of spots for gifted students to learn in where they are properly challenged and where the atmosphere, teachers, peers, supplies caters to their needs.
Looking forward to his future achievements
There's really a difference between gifted person and extremely gifted person. Your usual gifted person is what society want from this kid where they are smart and can play by the rules. But extremely gifted often even fall off because they can be depressed or have other mental illness just because they need to follow norm and rules.
The best way to handle them is to get a suitable environment to make them grow like crazy as much as they want to. Do say things like "he really need to learn communication with other" when other here is like 10 stage below him. It's just same as you say to an adult to go hangout with these babies.
It's just amazing that he still not break down from all of this. If one thing that he so excel at crumble in from of him most of the time they tend to have anxiety and insecurities later even develop to bad thoughts. I hope he can be successful later down the road.
Keep going Seth and Dehan enjoy school and your friendships.
Dehan is such a real one
In reality in australia, everyone in class are playing games and no one cares about whatever knowledge, and this is how it is through all 6 years in high school, having that smart kid carrying us is good when teacher ask questions and he be the one to carry by answering them all while we all sit back relax on games
The parents’ experience reveals how stifling and hindering Singapore’s education is against intellectual children
I am a student currently with intellectual disability and I agree with you.
The gym. He can be cured if he starts going to the gym.
LMFAO
let’s appreciate how he still could pull conversations in front of cameras
It's ok Seth. There are many kind intelligent people at the top waiting for you.
i only have computer when i am 12, third world country crying
Sorry 😭😭
Meanwhile in our country, the gifted is the famous one, attracts a lot of friends who wants to learn.
That's the flaw of Education system, Education institution teach you what they want , not what you really wanted to be . It kills compassion and creativity of the student .
that hit home when he said "its so hard to make friends"... but i didnt skip any grades, my ass got held back lol... stoopid
His father is actually software engineer, so he buy good pc and do also advocate seth to become programmer. Seth need to go to learn how to mingle with people (sports day, playing games with friends, etc).
“Seth does it in one minute”
Meanwhile me: Takes 1 hour to do 5 questions of sec 2 math😭😭😭
Hats off to Dehan, he's a real man
Aren't there any elite schools in Singapore?!?
Yeah, but they think the curriculum is too strict
that means ppl in singapore should move to australia to study
It’s not about the rankings of the schools, it’s about the way the kids are taught, in fact those schools that Seth went to in Australia are quite average schools but they were able to build up his talents and to make the best out of them.
Dehan is friend everyone needs
This is literally any jee aspirant in India at the back of the class.
I thought that i was cool to start unity when i was 13 years old but this kid is on a whole diffrent level
I wonder how they are preparing him to return to serve NS
Maybe he'll just escape overseas like the other Yee.
Omg It’s look like he is going through his emo phase😢 hope he have a good friend, just a few people who genuinely accept who he is and playing together messing around like every usual day in school ❤
It’s called growing up. When you are a kid, you have no concept of the limitations imposed on your life.
I hope these kids get ahead in life.
Nobody:
Employers: We are looking for a 13 y/o college fresh grad with 10 years of experience....
Seth: I don't think you've played enough Minecraft to know that.
I'm 13 and I'm going through the same thing, except the friends part isn't a big issue for me, because I code things to help my friends, like extensions or just utility things in general. I've been programming since I was 6, and I know JavaScript, Python, C, Some Java, NodeJS, Swift (for iOS dev), a little SQL, and I am learning Rust. I'm not as nerdy as some of you might imagine, I think the media portrays being smart as some curse, but I really like it
How about CNA bring him to compare with our homegrown talent Nathanael. Which was screened a month ago. Who is better?
"I can't tell. That's the whole point" Yes, it will be like that... And sometimes, I hope, he would not have to find out why....
Looks like he's making a bullet hell game similar to Touhou or Danmaku. That's cool.
Despite the challenges, I wish him the best in his career and life.
I’m sorry but when he said people call him Jeff instead of Seth, I laughed 😂
thanks buddy, hope we can see a game from you someday
As a chemistry major, this guy needs to go into CS
Wonder why the parents didn't let Seth go into the GEP in primary school and then into NUS School of Math and Science, and had to go all the way to Oz? It would be probably a good fit as he would have so many friends who will understand him.
Part of me feels like they didn’t want to face the possibility of Seth not qualifying for GEP. It would devastate them and invalidate all that they have thought of their kid. I mean he was 8 when the family moved. It would have been just a year more to taking the GEP tests.
@@MaxJoseph999 no offence to the family but it could be a possibility. Have seen many families putting through their kids in those GEP prep class with the belief that their kids are one up above others. The reality is that these classes can only do that much.
The GEP is not in primary schools anymore. i think they changed the syllabus a decade back if i remember correctly.
@@seedricc I think you may have remembered wrongly 😉
@@MaxJoseph999 yeah I probably did
He's such a cool guy. Role model material.
Instead of celebrating a smart boy, the teachers feedback that this bright kid is distracting other kids because he is way ahead of the curriculum.
Singapore lost is Australias gain.
Children can be so cruel at this age.
Misunderstanding, jealousy, bullying, insecurity.
They pick on someone they think doesn't fit in.
Regrettably it is very common behaviour.
It is very common in human, be it children or an adult.
Isn't that what society is always push the odds one out
The society is not pretty it self.
The scenario of a child.
1. You are fat
2. You are ugly
3. You don't have a daddy or mum. You don't have iphone.
The scenario of an adult
1. You are not thin enough
2. You are not pretty enough
3. You are not qualified enough. You don't have the brand I have or the paper qualification.
From my opinion, Learn the true society before able to assist gifted people around the world. 👍. I guess this video proof how society doesn't understand or accept what a gifted one would normally behave in the society or to behave differently in the first place.
If the society wants them able to so into society, it means making them to be as normal as possible externally and to train them silently to behave gifted internally. To become 2 personality at the same time. Hahahah.
I remember there was a kid that talked like him in my school in Brazil, today he went to Russia and is a Linux expert, something like that. He talks fast because he thinks fast.
gifted people can only managed by other gifted people
When he finally enters the workforce, everyone’s gonna want to be his friend
WHY DO GIFTED PEOPLE ALL HOLD PENS LIKE THAT!!!!
For all of America's flaws, (and believe me there are many!), we at least have the option to homeschool here in every single state.
While I agree that Seth needs to learn how to work well with others, this is clearly not the environment for him. What I see is a broken child whose light has been stolen.
Bullying does not build character, it Inflicts trauma. It is a distraction from learning. There is a high school in America called Thomas Jefferson where the kids have to test for enrollment. Essentially, all of the children there are advanced learners. Smarts are celebrated. I took my child there for a visit to their Robotics Fair when he was in first grade just to show him what an environment of talented students looked like.
The students were all kind. " Mini professionals" is what I would call them. Because of the school's reputation, it is overwhelmingly populated with South and East Asian immigrants. I can't help but to think how much Seth would thrive in such an environment.
I don't want to blame Seth's parents, but simply stress the power we have in protecting our children's light-- he would be better off homeschooled.
Gifted children do NOT belong among the general population. They belong among each other so that they can feed off one other's energy and not be held back. And not be bored out of their minds.
I think Dehan is gonna live a more fulfulling and joyful life then Seth... He is just so positive
He’s NT. Oh and he’s better looking than Seth.
This kid has to collab with Michael reeves. That would be amazing
smart and dumb at the same time
Yes, a person can be both.
Man is really good......
He reminds me a bit of the indian mathematician Ramanujan......
When I was in school, I read Newspaper all the time, in middle of teaching
Dog Times...LOL
Im strugglin to learn the basics of python and this legend knows 3 languages 😂
Alright that’s cool but what’s that pen grip bro
yea who tf holds their pen like that
I could not think of an individual more qualified to make bullet hells.
It kind of makes me sad that the parents don't value social or emotional intelligence, and also do not value athletics and physical movement which is important for health, especially in young bodies.
Sure, it's cool that he is so advanced in particular areas, but clearly that could be detrimental in other ways.
when school is still on factory settings
I can't imagine the 2 years down the drain when NS swings by.
Think he aussie. His family shld be aussie already.
My life is similar to his I too skipped some grades enrolled early and lack friends wish we could be friends
He looks tired
You don't need a lot of friends.... You just need that 1 or 2 who is willing to stick with you thru thick and thin, people who genuinely accepts you for who you are.
Even so, most child have a lot of childhood, middle school, highschool friends and a lot of people have good school memories because of it. Nobody’s going to reminisce the time they learn maths in HS.
Honestly genius people dont need much advice from normal people,
but normal people do otherwise
Normal people cant control their lives and future but still they want to "teach” the genius "things”
Its pure absurdity
yes, and you need to invest in that 1-2 friends as well. mental health is no joke. I hope Seth slow down on some days and invest in making long lasting friendship as well
@@tedlovejesus it's absurd for you to think like that. Genius are not genius in everything. They definitely don't need advice on what to do with their lives and expertise. But more often than not, geniuses do need human touch and advices on social interraction because the world is filled with normal people, and geniuses need to learn to vibe with majority, if he can't communicate with the general pleb, he's going to have a hard time and turn supervillain or worse, depressed loner. Read, the Curse of Genius.
@@tedlovejesus Some people need the sense of camaraderie and togetherness, not just close friends. It's a shame that teamwork is a soft skill that's seen as unnecessary at school.
Just because a person is knowledgeable, doesn't mean he/she is wise or having insight.
He's so blessed to have such healthy, responsible and smart parents who doesn't force him to do what they want like most Asian parents. Seth really needs help outside his intellectual pursuits and academic life and his parents seem to know what they're doing. Such a breath of fresh air. Other children as gifted as Seth would have been wasted just having your typical Asian parents.
Comparing footage from when he was 8 with his bright smiles, you can really tell he has been hurt a lot by his peers and probably from the limits of the school system. I would agree that he has good parents, but I don't think they realize the damage trying to fit someone gifted in the container called school.
He should be given the ability to have more freedom to expand and grow out in what he enjoys doing, but you can see that is not nearly the case.
Hopefully by the time he reaches a learning institution that is suitable to him, he wouldn't be mentally destroyed by the inept of the education system.
@@H_Is_One I get where you're coming from but I think school is still a good experience for him. Time and time again we see what happens with children that don't experience school and what it does to their "social structure". School isn't just a container of a wack educational system". It's an experience that the majority of youths undergo that shapes their social thinking and gives them a sense of normality. I think that's why his parents still decided for him to go to school. It's definitely a double edge sword.
THASTS JUST RACIST
Bullying is so widespread in secondary level education that many victims of it typically think they don’t belong there. Bullying only robs them of their self worth.
This is one of the top factors resulting in school shootings that happen worldwide.
However, I really don’t have to tell you all, but restricting guns all because of this only makes it worse. It’s like trying to ban alcohol a second time.
@@shxrdz9628 How do you know he isn't Asian ?
Gifted kids need extra support in other areas of life, and it's really important they receive it. As Dr. K says, gifted kids are special needs.
YAAA a fellow healthy gamer
Yes, they may be inadequate or stupid in other areas of life.
@@linhwang6651 good one...
a fellow healthy gamer
@@linhwang6651 almost every kid had the same amount of time to improve themselves like adults.. when some kids are learning hands eye coordination and balance and learning survival skills playing in the forest or playgrounds while some kids are forced to leave playground early to practice piano... every child with around 100 IQ has a lot of time and if taught efficiently can learn skills to high level...i am really good at discovering and mastering some odd skills but socializing and lack of experience in literally talking and being in social environments (since i practice my skills alone) have developed my social anxiety to a near crippling state in taking calls, meeting out with friends or just asking a teacher about things i don't understand to the point that i was failing and barely passing classes despite me being very skilled/gifted in other aspects of life...
Seth is amazing but in this episode I was more impressed with Dehan. That kid's got maturity and EQ better than many adults (including myself). The way he handles Seth's temperament, humbly learns from Seth's strength and sees his brilliant side instead of just his "weirdness". He even had the guts to approach his humanities teacher to speak up about people bullying Seth. I know I wouldn't have been able to do that at 13 years old. I think Dehan's parents really brought him up well.
Seems like a Sri Lankan origin
That's a W friend right there. Whatever happens in the future, hope they stick together or at least stay connected
well said
Quite illuminating that someone so smart can face the same insecurities and struggles that us normal people do
I thkn he is just AHEAD.. he is not that SMART.... but let's see..
@@valcrist7428If you had watched his last video, you would know that he is truly gifted in IQ as well.
well he is human
@@valcrist7428 He learned Arduino, Java and Python.... at the age of Eight, I was picking boogers at that age bruh.
@@PanikNT if you get the right tools , and the right parents when you were 8 I’d argue you, or anyone could be atleast half as good as him. He doesn’t look the type to be a super genius enrolling Harvard at the age of 8.
I think the comments here are really sad, this young teenager is obviously a gifted child (also watched his 2018 video back then). Singapore is too strict in terms of education for him, he’s miles ahead of his peers! It's not fair for people here to say that he'll never survive in the real world because he can't communicate with others, I believe he is also trying, but it'll be hard to find someone on the same wavelength as him in terms of intellect I suppose. Let us all wish him and his parents all the best, all of them are trying their best to bring the best out of him.
He'll be fine after the Australian school. The environment is pretty good despite his problems, it can be much worse. Not sure about skipping a year.. what's the point? To add 1 year to your working life? Why? Should rather be with peers your own age.
No… just treat him like a normal human being,
You sound like just wanting extract every bit and ounce of utility out of gifted kids,
that’s a dangerous idea tbh
It’s not democratic and dictatorship at its finest
gifted prodigies often grow up as underachievers. Because they are so used to being miles ahead they don't have the resilient to risk and survive as an adult where being right and precise isn't the answer to most problems.
Consultation with a child psychologist will be useful. Personality plays an important part on the behaviour of a child.
he'll be fine. at least they know he's gifted, instead of torturing his enthusiasm for computer science with constant competitions that often disqualify people who aren't as good as those with master degrees like they do in Taiwan.
Every one need a friend like that. Very well done Dehan.
Not just a friend. But an ambitious, and at the same time, supportive parents.
The right thing to do for a gifted child is to put him in an environment in which his peers are equally gifted. Gifted children feel bored and are often isolated by others in a normal school.
I'm not familiar with Australia, but I am with the US and also Singapore. There are many programs in the US and Singapore to develop gifted children. These students are very motivated when they grow up with peers of equal talents and given the opportunities to explore the world that excites them.
they have selective schools
yup, can consider Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters. heard it is not bad.
Not gonna be in 1 of 2 groups so the same issue persists. Best would be to learn to integrate at the school. Skipping a year isn't a solution, it's part of the problem.
@@hannesRSA thats what selective schools do
@@holaestas7561 no that's the opposite of what they do
Imagine being labeled as gifted by not only your parents but the media.. poor kid. That just puts unnecessary pressure and expectations on the kid to do well. A lot of gifted kids have mental health troubles later on in life because of it. Seth please seek help one day if you feel the need to
Parents are usually the root of the problem. Many push their kids to the limit from very young. These parents seek after glory and pride of having an academically advanced kid. I have watched many documentaries of young genius on TH-cam, unfortunately many of these so called gifted kids did not have a good ending, some ended as sex worker, McD staff, etc. I just hope Seth’s parents and others will stop praising Seth for being smart and intelligent, they should compliment Seth’s hardwork and perseverance instead.
If really a genius then will be ok. If not more stressful just because he can code more than other child.
I think he's got very good parents.
One thing I find important to realize is we can't say he's superior to others. He just learned discipline in a loving way from an earlier age, that's something many many parents can't achieve.
i just had this conversation with my dad today. and thats immediately what i thought when i saw this. he is very smart in the things he likes to do just like everyone else who spends all day doing something not taking anything away from this amazing guy. but if i were introduced, for example to chess at 8 and became obsessed with it id also be a prodigy i think we will see more stories like this in the future with the abundance of information there will be more kids picking up things and thriving. thank you for this post
i think it's just cause he was exposed at a young age to it. and he's probably actually interested in the stuff he learns. i am kinda similar and i knew many programming languages since i was young but i suck at discipline. and i understand stuff quickly but don't do homework.
not as young as him tho, i probably learned my first language when i was 8 (scratch, if you count that, which i do). then i started learning other stuff like js, lua thru roblox, c++, rust, etc.
The word prodigy is innately comparative but I can't get why we need to use prodigies as geniuses will just be another smart adult amongst hundreds of others
I don't like that the parents think its ok for him to be alone so much. They should help him foster social skills as that is a part of life. Otherwise he'll get bullied a lot and also what if his parents pass away, then he won't have them to guide him and who knows what would happen then. Everyone needs some basic social skills and to be able to build rapport and form relationships.
Like Seth my son was also an outstanding coder at a very young age, he then went to one of the top selective schools in Melbourne and now at a Go8 University studying Aerospace Engineering, he is also an engineer for the University’s Rocketry team. The sky really isn’t the limit for kids in Australia. They can truly reach for the stars.
Just keep track what he has learnt and have solve every month in a diary or notebook. Or what else he want to solve every month. Else the speed of learning would jeopardize his own speed. Just don't assume he has the same speed or capacity like a robot as we are actually dealing with human dna changes, growth, hormone and cell replacement. My 2 sen.
That's great man, while I'm here struggling to study topics of my own level.
@@auspicious8415 curious of your topic.
@@stevenchan7537 basic level things, i'm kinda below avg
My nephew wrote computer programmes and composed music after school. After graduation from the university, he worked for Microsoft. In his 40, he retired and has no interest to work any more. Guess he has a burnout, like many programmers.
Feel sorry for Seth. Hope that he will find some really reliable loyal friends and be a beautiful contribution to this world. 🙏🏻
A lot of child prodigies have trouble socializing and just in general seeming normal because they are so smart. Intelligence is very difficult to mask. It is much easier to just avoid people than dumb down at that level. I'm speaking from experience. I really relate to him. What made me thrive socially was not the fact that I felt like I needed to fit in but truly understanding other emotions. I studied people the same way I studied any other topic then I tested what I learned in real life. Like a social experiment. Now instead of feeling like I don't understand people I realize even most quote normal people don't even understand people and just learning to except them the way they are. The only thing is I expect the same from them. If they can't give me that mutual respect I cut them out of my life. Times were I ignored this rule ended very badly. However, I learned from them now I'm surrounded by very supportive people. Who at the very least respect me even if they don't necessarily like me.
I should try this. Thank you.
Kind of comforting that I'm not the only one who treats socializing as a topic.
Paragraphs my friend.
I did this too.
Sounds like you still have a lot to learn. To understand others, you'll need to understand yourself first. Sometimes it's through life experiences or it can be through material arts, meditation, relationships (any relationships) or at work. Observe and listen to yourself when you're around others.
Aww I hope the best for Seth. Kids at that age can be douchey, I really hope he doesn’t let them get to him :( if anything their actions reflects more about their personality! It’s good that he’s not easily peer pressured and he has a friend and supportive teachers at school. Just keep being you (and not mean) & you will attract the right people ^^
I think that his dad getting him interested in science and programming at an young age really helped him. I grew up without the internet and schools here just focused on rote memorization, parents didn't do much to help so studying was boring for me but once I had access to internet there were videos that made every subject interesting (unfortunately I was already out of school at that time). I'm not nearly as gifted or intelligent as Seth though.
Not saying this out of jealousy, but the brightest candles burn the fastest. He seems to have some deficits in social and communication, despite being “academically gifted”. What kind of quality of life can you have, if you are smart but unable to live?
I also skipped a year and was immediately pulled out by my mum a year later for similar reasons. I wonder what a difference it would have made if I was placed in a suitable environment, instead of being placed in an equally boring classroom with kids nearly two years older than me. I’m seeing some of that in Seth’s story, too.
Hahaha. Skipping years is just the education system able to provide it. It is boring though, but with today's technology, just updates your skill or perhaps know as your interest. Finding your own frens that keeps you energetic. Cheers.
@@stevenchan7537 Yes, that's true that there are more options for self-directed learning now. But it was a little different when I was seven years old, hahaha
@@minjosof ok. I hope everyone could live a better life with their own definition of comfort zone. A child life would be so boring to live with those adult who is lost or lack of memory of how it is to be a child when they are child before.
I'm 14 and in 11th grade, i'm doing just fine.
@@yuulb.alwright4333 I was in primary school back then, so the social development differences were pretty stark. Glad to hear you're doing well after skipping grades though!
Bro I feel bad for the kids who don't realize how much they could learn from him.
Those kids who do realize it, will truly value him for the person he is.