Glad they figured it out after freeing the wrong whale the first time around

No child left behind doesn’t mean we bring them up to our level anymore… it means we bring our level down to them.

Congratulations to her. Good things should happen to good people, and it's good to help.

A lifetime of social isolation isnt exactly uplifting

Well, I hope not to Mars, that's a fools errand for now...

No child gets left behind if we don't have to progress.

As a matter of fact I do. Such a beautiful state.

It sounds like you don’t know what it’s like to not know your bio family.

That's a fair point too really. I just guess there should be a middle grounds? Like if this kid is rushed through high school and college and gets to the end of it with degree's and things, like where was his opportunity to be a kid and unstressed and free to have more fun?

Glad this one ended well. Looking forward to the rollout of ropeless lobster traps soon, if for no other reason than it'll help make entanglements less likely.

Also glad to see that the systems to identify gear origin are working as intended. Wish I could say I'm surprised that it's Canadian gear.

What I learned from school socially was to keep my head down and not show my intelligence. I was smart, not this level but top few percentages. And suffered for it.

Incredible stuff!

Maybe you're expecting a little too much from them? They might be having good breakthroughs in their field but that might not interest you so it doesn't come up on your radar.

Pretty sure Oregon’s public education is on the lower end of the country, you really have to try to not graduate

I was a gifted kid who was ruthlessly bullied by my peers into refusing to attend achool and giving up any dreams of higher education alltogether. School socialization is a joke

Real answer? Their parents push them through. Because the work of high school isn't that hard, it's just paced so that the average idiot can complete it.

I worked with a guy who was so proud that his four children all graduated from high school at 16.

Except he put them into programs so they could graduate early. It's not like they were recognized as geniuses, or anything; they just did summer school.

Oh boy, I can't wait to fly to Delaware on Avelo Airlines flights, now starting at only $49! Avelo Airlines, when you just need to fly to Delaware. $49.

You must not come here often.

This is actually a subreddit where people share horrifying tragedies that have very minor positive spins that do absolutely nothing to change how much the inciting event straight up fucking sucks.

Case in point, this post. Lots of people died or lost their homes and loved ones, but some little kids donated loose change. I mean yeah that's nice of them but this isn't uplifting. People are dead and this subreddit wants us to smile and forget.

Dude, this is a place for uplifting news. Hence the name of the sub Reddit

On behalf of Canada: sorry.

All's whale that ends whale.

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I always feel bad for kids like this. The school experience and growing up with a good set of friends can be such a rewarding experience, but with kids like this, they rush through the process and don't get to even, remotely, enjoy the social experience involved with making friends, dating, and sort of finding out who you are. The whole experience is so much more than just passing the tests.

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I will never for the life of me get why people care so much about "birth" relations.

Given, I know the saying "Blood is thicker than water" is actually a bastardisation of the original "Blood of the covenant is thicker than water of the womb" as in the friends and family you choose are above those who you are given by fate.

But I know tons of blood relatives, and they're assholes. Hell my father is a huge asshole, people sometimes ask if I didn't miss having a father and I can only answer no because he wasn't one. My oldest brother acted as a fatherfigure and he did his best and a great job at that.

My point being, people fixate way too much on the title. It is men who honour titles not titles who honour men. Who your "mother" or "father" or "brothers/sisters" are are not defined by blood, it is those around you who act like it. Those around you who you know are your true family, whoever or whatever they may be be it a pet or a friend.