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The '''Spiddlekick Interview''' is an interview that took place on September 16th, 2022 between [[Daniel Larson|Daniel]] (who was paid $100 beforehand) and [[wikipedia:Kiwi_Farms|Kiwi Farms]] user Spiddlekick. While recorded in 2022, the footage for it was released in 2023 | The '''Spiddlekick Interview''' is an interview that took place on September 16th, 2022 between [[Daniel Larson|Daniel]] (who was paid $100 beforehand) and [[wikipedia:Kiwi_Farms|Kiwi Farms]] user Spiddlekick. While recorded in 2022, the footage for it was released in 2023. | ||
This video reveals crucial information about Daniel's childhood, his time in the Tennyson center, how him and Bob met, information surrounding the custody battle for him after being removed from his parents care by social services, and other fascinating information surrounding himself that was unknown prior. | This video reveals crucial information about Daniel's childhood, his time in the Tennyson center, how him and Bob met, information surrounding the custody battle for him after being removed from his parents care by social services, and other fascinating information surrounding himself that was unknown prior. | ||
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* Daniel's feelings towards the | * Daniel's feelings towards the Tennyson Center enter are mixed, as he wasn't allowed to go out into the world. He also claims that they didn't learn "normal skills" as they never needed them. It is unclear what this means. Staff are also stated to be called "leaders". | ||
* Once a week Daniel met with a therapist, and once a month Daniel would meet with a doctor who supplied him with medication. The group home Daniel stayed at during his time living at the Tennyson Center was called a "cottage". Daniel claims that it was not worth staying at the Tennyson center, as the staff did not seem to help with anything, and he, quote, "learned everything as if he was an adult". Daniel lived at the Tennyson Center for a year and a half. | * Once a week Daniel met with a therapist, and once a month Daniel would meet with a doctor who supplied him with medication. The group home Daniel stayed at during his time living at the Tennyson Center was called a "cottage". Daniel claims that it was not worth staying at the Tennyson center, as the staff did not seem to help with anything, and he, quote, "learned everything as if he was an adult". Daniel lived at the Tennyson Center for a year and a half. | ||
* Daniel claims to have taken third grade math and fourth grade science, despite at the time of attending the Tennyson Center, being well into his teens. | * Daniel claims to have taken third grade math and fourth grade science, despite at the time of attending the Tennyson Center, being well into his teens. | ||
* On weekends, the Tennyson Center would do field trips. These field trips consisted of going hiking, going to the zoo, and aquarium. Daniel claims these trips got boring quickly after two weeks due to the same activities being repeated. This contributed to his dislike of day groups in disability programs, due to them being repetitive. | * On weekends, the Tennyson Center would do field trips. These field trips consisted of going hiking, going to the zoo, and aquarium. Daniel claims these trips got boring quickly after two weeks due to the same activities being repeated. This contributed to his dislike of day groups in disability programs, due to them being repetitive. | ||
* Daniel claims to have worked with one of his teachers for two years due to him being extremely successful with her. After leaving the Tennyson Centers cottage program, Daniel claims to have been bumped up a grade due to how succesful he was doing. | * Daniel claims to have worked with one of his teachers for two years due to him being extremely successful with her. After leaving the Tennyson Centers cottage program, Daniel claims to have been bumped up a grade due to how succesful he was doing. | ||
* Daniel claims that the reason for him being followed around by staff in school was not due to him being unable to care for himself, but because he had a good friendship with the teachers. During the day, he'd go everywhere with a teacher due to having a friendship that, in his words, "couldn't be broken". | |||
* While in school, Daniel was not fond of his history teachers. This was due to clashes in their personalities, which Daniel claims may be because of his history teacher seeming as though he had his own mental health issues. Daniel claims this teacher had a short temper, and that he was the most hated teacher in the school, due to allegedly kicking out half of the students in class by the time it ended, which Daniel claims to have happened to him. | |||
* Daniel says he cried after learning the Tennyson Center closed, despite not knowing why. He says that while the Tennyson Center was a good place, it hired the wrong people. | |||
* Daniel expresses dislike with how his history teacher taught the class, due to how much time was wasted in the beginnings of class, how he'd expect the children to teach themselves, and was almost always in a bad mood. Due to this, Daniel would do anything to get out of his class, so much so to the point where his teacher told him to not even bother coming anymore. | |||
* Daniel claims to have only had 3 friends in school, who were the smartest kids in the school, which gave him a sense of superiority. Due to this, he claims that people came to hate him. | |||
* Daniel claims to be one of the most bullied children at school, being teased by being called "Danny Phantom". This alleged bullying got so bad to the point where he would sit in the very back of the school bus, where he'd be hit by other children. | |||
* Daniel met Bob through a program at the school called "Reading buddies", where they would read together and play board games. Their friendship got to be so good that they were allowed to meet outside of the program. Bob and his grandmother, Nancy, started up a small friendship, due to this. | |||
* Social services put Daniel in the Tennyson center due to abuse, with the court case concerned whether he should be allowed to move back in with his mother or be "up for custody". His father and grandmother were in favor of the latter and subsequently battled for custody. | |||
* Daniel's grandmother, Nancy Shimer, moved to Colorado during Daniel's custody case, she did not know Bob beforehand, but they would develop a friendship. | |||
* Daniel doesn't know a lot about his parents and the custody case, and claims it's a "family secret". Even more, he doesn't even know if they were ever married. | |||
* Daniel's father wanted him to move in with him in California, his grandmother rebuked this saying he barely knew his father, as she knew him more. | |||
* Grandmother won the custody case after moving to Colorado, the court agreed Daniel should stay since he was used to Colorado after living there for over a year. | |||
* Daniel's father calls his grandmother a "bitch", saying she only won Daniel because she had money, and claims she failed at raising him. | |||
* Daniel's mom was adopted by his grandmother. Nancy worked in some sort of social service where she had to transport babies put up for adoption to foster homes, this being where she found and adopted Daniel's mother. | |||
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Q6: Do you have any particular stories where that teacher had an impact? - This is an odd one, I'm torn if Daniel is being truthful here. I think he's embellishing how well they got along of course, but the mention of people claiming (paraphrased) 'He has to have someone follow him around',. I don't know if this was just a current insecurity he had, that he doesn't want to be perceived as needing a helper, if this is what kids at school said to bully him, or if he's just lying and accidentally told the truth. Regardless, an interesting clip. | Q6: Do you have any particular stories where that teacher had an impact? - This is an odd one, I'm torn if Daniel is being truthful here. I think he's embellishing how well they got along of course, but the mention of people claiming (paraphrased) 'He has to have someone follow him around',. I don't know if this was just a current insecurity he had, that he doesn't want to be perceived as needing a helper, if this is what kids at school said to bully him, or if he's just lying and accidentally told the truth. Regardless, an interesting clip. | ||
A6: Yeah | A6: Yeah! Um... I mean she was the type of person I'm sure you've seen people on, like, the reddit. The Daniel Larson Reddit, which is run by.. fans. Its not run by me, but it's run by fans. I'm pretty sure you've seen a lot of comments, I have, but, it's like... Daniel Larson is always with somebody, he's never alone in school, he always has to have someone follow him around. That is not because I y'know wasn't capable, it was literally the type of friendship that we had. With me and the teachers. So it was like during the day we would just go everywhere together, which is I mean, a kind of friendship that cannot be broken. It was like how well we got along with people. | ||
Q7: Did you have a teacher that you didn't like/didn't like you? Any stories? - Dan also acknowledges that the [[Tennyson Center]] has since closed here (It is now closed and is in fact still open). | Q7: Did you have a teacher that you didn't like/didn't like you? Any stories? - Dan also acknowledges that the [[Tennyson Center]] has since closed here (It is now closed and is in fact still open). | ||