> I fail to see the downside of learning social and communication skills for people not like yourself. That just sounds like a recipe for a well rounded individ

> I fail to see the downside of learning social and communication skills for people not like yourself. That just sounds like a recipe for a well rounded individual. You might also have failed to see all the bright kids who dumbed themselves down and achieved a lot less than they could have in order to attain popularity and avoid bullying. I'll take "well rounded" to mean "not really excelling in anything".