Homeschool Phenom Scores 118 Points Against His Mom
Nathan Lippman, a 15-year-old homeschooled child from Branson,
Missouri, set school and state single-game scoring records yesterday
afternoon by putting up a whopping 118 points. The homeschool phenom
likely
could have scored even more but he stalled on offense for most of the
fourth
quarter to protect the feelings of his opponent - his mother, Sarah.
"I'm so proud of Nathan," said his mother. "We just did a
month-long unit on fighting the sin of pride - I decided to do that
instead
of one on geometry - and he really exhibited humility today by not going
for
150 on me. He is growing into a fine young man. And I'm sure if he knew
geometry he would have acted like a real wiseacre out there today, so I
obviously made the right decision."
Lippman says he has been working tirelessly at his game during
his daily hour-long gym period his mother schedules for each weekday
afternoon, which comes right after a two-hour Bible class and just before
a
five-minute science class.
"I was really in a zone," said Lippman. "I don't know how to
describe it. I guess it was a combination of factors. Hard work. Prayer. A
pure soul from not being tainted by Godless public schools. I would even
say
there was a little luck involved, but then I know that luck is the sort of
thing that only people who are involved in witchcraft or consumed by the
sin
of gambling believe in. So scratch luck off the list of factors. Mostly
I'd
say, though, my point total was due to playing against my mom. Mother
stinks
at basketball, but she's the only person I can play against - other than
my
nine younger brothers and sisters - because I am not allowed contact with
children outside of our family."
Lippman scored 41 points in the opening quarter of yesterday's
Lippman League game to stake a 53-4 first quarter lead. Forty-one points
in
a single quarter is also believed to be a Missouri state record.
He followed with 34 in the second quarter, 35 in the third and
eight in the final frame to win going away, 118-9. Lippman says he thinks
he
can top his record next week with scheduled Lippman League games against
his
sister Rachel, 4, on Monday and his brother Caleb, 7, on Wednesday.
"I think the sky is the limit for me now that I've gotten past
mother," said Nathan. "She is the only one with any height in this family
other than me and father, but father doesn't play in the Lippman League.
He
says all the movements that playing a s****t requires makes him have impure
thoughts."
Sarah Lippman thinks her son could one day do something great
with basketball.
"Who knows, maybe he is good enough to play the s****t
professionally," she said. "And if so, his father and I will have to
decide
if it's perhaps in some way better for him to be out in the world instead
of
just inside our house with his brothers and sisters. I doubt it, but I
guess
it is at least worth a discussion."
Lippman said he simply hopes that the Missouri Interscholastic
Athletics Association recognizes his record.
"So what if I didn't do it against some big St. Louis power or
something like that," he said. "It's not fair to discriminate against me
because I'm homeschooled. A lot of hard work and pent-up aggression
towards
my mother went into that record."
from http://www.s****tspickle.com/features/volume6/2006-1213-phenom.html
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