Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I read that the parents are Chinese PHD Statisticians. As someone who grew up in a Chinese household, I am not surprised to read that one of the parents dismissed everything as "fine" and that the kid would get therapy if he needed it - this was prior to the kid being taken into custody.
There is a lot of undiagnosed psychological issues in the Chinese population because of the need to maintain face. The culture's intense focus on studying and academics loses sight of the need to develop as a social being. My kid is studying in Asia this year and she and her American classmates still don't know how to react to the incredibly socially awkward kids at their college - so shy that they refuse to look at you, sometimes turn their entire body away, pretend you are not there....
This poor kid probably didn't get a whole lot of direction on social cues from his parents growing up.
This is really racist. You're making huge generalizations about a country you know nothing about. The child is American.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My mom was asking how our district was handling this after seeing on the national news. That was the first I had heard of it! Did MCPS send out a message and I just missed it?
My kids go to Wootton and we got nothing. I know he hasn’t been a student since Fall 2022 but still, a lot of students knew him. We had news and police outside the school last week. Not one peep from MCPS or the principal.
This is not true. Mr. Nelson sent out a message the day the news broke.
Anonymous wrote:Did the former WHS student, who has now been arrested, threaten other MCPS HS too this week? As reported on this forum, another HS had police cars at the school - which could be just another day/typical sighting at the high schools, dunno.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My mom was asking how our district was handling this after seeing on the national news. That was the first I had heard of it! Did MCPS send out a message and I just missed it?
My kids go to Wootton and we got nothing. I know he hasn’t been a student since Fall 2022 but still, a lot of students knew him. We had news and police outside the school last week. Not one peep from MCPS or the principal.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I read that the parents are Chinese PHD Statisticians. As someone who grew up in a Chinese household, I am not surprised to read that one of the parents dismissed everything as "fine" and that the kid would get therapy if he needed it - this was prior to the kid being taken into custody.
There is a lot of undiagnosed psychological issues in the Chinese population because of the need to maintain face. The culture's intense focus on studying and academics loses sight of the need to develop as a social being. My kid is studying in Asia this year and she and her American classmates still don't know how to react to the incredibly socially awkward kids at their college - so shy that they refuse to look at you, sometimes turn their entire body away, pretend you are not there....
This poor kid probably didn't get a whole lot of direction on social cues from his parents growing up.
This is really racist. You're making huge generalizations about a country you know nothing about. The child is American.
Anonymous wrote:I read that the parents are Chinese PHD Statisticians. As someone who grew up in a Chinese household, I am not surprised to read that one of the parents dismissed everything as "fine" and that the kid would get therapy if he needed it - this was prior to the kid being taken into custody.
There is a lot of undiagnosed psychological issues in the Chinese population because of the need to maintain face. The culture's intense focus on studying and academics loses sight of the need to develop as a social being. My kid is studying in Asia this year and she and her American classmates still don't know how to react to the incredibly socially awkward kids at their college - so shy that they refuse to look at you, sometimes turn their entire body away, pretend you are not there....
This poor kid probably didn't get a whole lot of direction on social cues from his parents growing up.
Anonymous wrote:USA has freedom of speech and does not criminalize thoughts, not even dark thoughts. Movies, songs, and books about violent acts are not violent crimes.
Ye didn't hurt anyone. Between hospitalizations, gun control, and whatever else, the private writings and web searches didn't harm anyone or create imminent fanger.
I can't comment regarding public social media posts because I don't know what was posted (but I do know several current and former government officials who have certainly posted worse.)
In this case, the system worked, and officials intervened before mentally unwell person attempted to harm anyone. That doesn't mean a crime was necessarily committed or a long prison term is warranted. It's a great thing if we have systems in place to prevent violent acts and redirect people to the care they need.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My mom was asking how our district was handling this after seeing on the national news. That was the first I had heard of it! Did MCPS send out a message and I just missed it?
My kids go to Wootton and we got nothing. I know he hasn’t been a student since Fall 2022 but still, a lot of students knew him. We had news and police outside the school last week. Not one peep from MCPS or the principal.
Anonymous wrote:My mom was asking how our district was handling this after seeing on the national news. That was the first I had heard of it! Did MCPS send out a message and I just missed it?
Anonymous wrote:My mom was asking how our district was handling this after seeing on the national news. That was the first I had heard of it! Did MCPS send out a message and I just missed it?