emily: you were homeschooled. david: computer science education in high school, at least in new york city, 14 years ago when i was in school, really did not exist. it just didn't back then, it just wasn't in high schools. now it is there in a huge way. kids are learning to code in grade school. i always, always insist that you stick around. if you have that stuff at your disposal, hang out and spend time with teachers who are proficient and can help you get started. that is something i did not have. emily: i feel like i have talked to so many founders in your same position, they dropped out of school, they made a lot of money, they do not recommend anyone do what they did. david: if i had access to a computer science education when i was in high school, i would have stuck around. if you can find it there, stick around. get it there. emily: you went to tokyo by yourself when you were 17. why? what did you learn? david: i had my heart broken and needed to get out of here. i bought a ticket and moved to the other sid

>> i wasn't in school, i was homeschooled. >>okay. >> my female -- family was my world. my father got rid of any connection with my extended family which was my grandmother on my mom's side. so the -- there was limited interaction with anybody outside of our immediate nucleus. >> did you and siblings form any sort of further bond if you will going through this nightmare that you're dealing with? >> we did, but another thing that abusers do is that they make everyone enemies. >> one against the other. >> all of my siblings were trained to tell on everybody if you know acted out of line, and because we were being taught that this was a way of life, you know, your parents are telling you to do something, you just do it. if you're obedient we were pretty obedient children. >> you were eight years old when this started as you just told us that impacted you said your sisters. and then probably the real nightmare if you will that there could be further was when you found out you had become pregnant how old were you when you had the the first child by your father? >> when i was

i homeschooled her for a year which is totally cool. i didn't have to worry about geometry, but we had fun. i realized she is an only child. i can't keep her hostage. i have to let her go to school. i finish this book and i was in texas trying to drum up a living somehow and do all these entrepreneurial projects. we have been home for five years. she is 10 now. these women did not have any guilt about being a working single mother. they just did it. it was ok. they were also inspired by seeing that they fulfill their destiny and opened many more avenues for their child because they were going out and pursuing their gifts, so i finished the book and turned to julia and said, we are moving to new york city. she is a trooper. she said, ok. getting to the question -- i prefer new york over los angeles. i find hollywood -- there is something a little insidious about los angeles. everyone is in the business. i can't put my finger on it. i'm not comfortable there. i'm not judging hollywood. there are a lot of good people there. i don't think e

the other slight edge to it is that homeschoolers, particularly on the tea party side of things is saying we don't want them to tell us how we teach our children at home. that has been effective enough to wag the dog in the treaty haven't gone through. through. so yes things are very different now. >> i'm a college student and i've advocated for people with special needs and i've written about them and spoken publicly. reading your book, after completing my studying i'm seriously considering working in a profession where i could make a difference in the life of individuals with special needs and this book is helping inspire my goal of a career. it's continuing to have positive effects for me and i want to thank you very much for the wonderful work that you do. i know you are making a lot of difference for a lot of people. >> thank you, i appreciate that. i would say the fact that you are where you are thinking about what you want to do is really a result of the ada. i think the next big frontier if you were to ask what's gonna go on in the next 25 years is going to be around autism and le

of stark.cofounder state medalist for the birmingham polk school -- homeschool. and a participant in the after freedom event here at the birmingham civil rights institute on june 27. inwill be eligible to vote 2016 presidential election. said, i wouldg like to hear from these four young people. we are going to toss out our first question of the evening. i will start in the order that we introduced. jared, will you respond to the , do you think the youth today are concerned with the issues, or do they see it as old people's thoughts? jared: it is a good mix of both. i have seen that it is a bit of both because a lot of them see that some issues need to be taking a stand on. and there are some in that generation that do not take politics or voting as seriously as they should because they do not think it will affect us, in the actual unit of rungs and could in the long . micah: i think it is a mix of the two. findissues people important and others they don't. it is the answers based on the persons education or surrounding it. their surroundings may not push voting i

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