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- From: ren@hopper.ACS.Virginia.EDU (Karen Prestemon)
- Subject: Re: Branding kids, IQ tests, smart vs dumb (Was: Re: Seminar Program)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan23.083449.14950@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
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- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 08:34:49 GMT
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- In article <4223@phred.UUCP> harryb@phred.UUCP writes:
- B
- >
- >Any bright, truly gifted child works HARD at learning ALL THE TIME. I
- >am reminded of the old adage that there are three types of people:
- >those who make things happen, those to whom things happen, and those
- >who wonder what happened.
- >
- >The first type are also styled "self-starters". I believe, perhaps
- >optimistically, that most people, given even half a chance, will choose
- >to be self-starters, and it is up to us, as parents and teachers and
- >advisors, to provide a nurturing environment wherever possible to
- >encourage the self-starters, rather than the drones. Someone who
- >habitually coasts may be an idiot savant, but they are NOT gifted, nor
- >bright, IMHO. Bright, gifted people don't sit and whine about not
- >being challenged: they go out and find their own challenges.
- >
- WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG!!!!
-
- Bright and self-starter are two different things! Not all bright children
- work hard, because they go through school and social systems that don't
- encourage them to work hard. We are talking about raw intelligence
- here.
-
- Unless you plan to lock your kids up in the house and never let them
- see another person besides yourself, your children are going to
- learn some of life's lessons from other people. They may or may
- not learn to work hard, regardless of how intelligent they are. Good
- luck finding a suitable environment.
-