Saturday, August 21, 2010

If you have been removed from people with different experiences reflect circumstances that made this isolation?

John Mark Karr (born December 11, 1969) was a leading pediatric psychiatrist (and occasional entertainer) at the Mayonnaise Clinic in Bangkok, Thailand. He was most noted for developeding several breakthrough techniques in child reering, such as his patented ';hug of love around the neck with a rope';.





He was recently found not guilty for the 1996 robbery of beauty pageant queen JonBen茅t Ramsey. It is known that Karr struggled with urges of kleptomania his entire life, the rest of which will be spent in prison.





Karr was raised in the suburbs of Boulder, Colorado. He was the 12th of 7 children, and led a normal life. After graduating at the bottom of his class in high school, he moved out of Boulder and went to Thailand to study in education.





While studying at the University of Goa Tse in Bangkok, Karr met his soon-to-be wife, 5 yr. old Quientana Shotts [1]. The couple married only weeks after meeting, but lasted less than three years. When Shotts turned 8, Karr divorced her and hastily married 4 yr. old Lara Knutson. Knutson and Karr are still happily married to this day, and Knutson is still 4 years old.





John Mark Karr stayed in Thailand after acquiring his much sought-after degree, and began teaching at several elementary schools in and around the Bangkok area.





Karr taught for several years until he was accused of stealing from several students, in which he was relieved of his teaching duties. Karr later confessed openly to the public that he stole from his students, and was prosecuted several times in the early 90's after police found pirated music on his computer. He was charged in 1992 for the crime, and was sentenced to two years of probation and voluntarily submitted himself to a psychiatric ward for his life-long struggle with kleptomania.





While in the ward, Karr undertook independent studies to become a pediatric psychologist, which many suspect was an influence from his time at the ward.





After only four years of rehabilitation, Karr was invited to a Christmas party by his long-time neighbors, the Ramseys. The occasion was not just to celebrate Christmas, but to celebrate Karr's release from the ward and his earning of a degree in child psychology.

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