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An interesting point for Miguel (de Maria)
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Thomas Whiteley
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RE: An interesting point for Miguel ... (in reply to Ron.M)
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Ron, it is all about social conformity! Let me give you but one example! I have many! When our daughter was 5 she had to be tested to be allowed to enter kindergarten. How do you test a five year old for preparedness for kindergarten? Read on! The “examiner” was a lady about 100 years old or so it seemed! The “examiner” gave our daughter a set of eight Crayons and a piece of paper. Her instructions were, “Color a scene with a hill, grass and an apple tree”! Our daughter was very creative and enjoyed her assignment. Upon completion the “examiner” proclaimed in a most indignant manner: “Why did you color the grass blue, the tree orange and the sky green”. Our daughter replied with the innocence of a five year old, “I like those colors”! The examiner stated, “Well, I see that your daughter has a mind of her own”! My reply was, “Yes, and that is the first thing that you will want to take from her”! Conformity is the name of the game in our society. You must be within the norms or you are an outcase! By the way our daughter has one final exam on Tuesday to graduate from UCLA as an English major. She is presently teaching English as a Second Language at a University in California, and loves it! She remains a very creative person in spite of her educational experience! My point is that our system does not allow creativity without paying a price. Some of our young show such creativity when they are so young. Too bad we do not allow such things to blosom. After all, you do not want an educational system that turns out people with a mind of his/her own!
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Date Dec. 12 2005 1:29:13
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sorin popovici
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From: Iasi, Romania
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RE: An interesting point for Miguel ... (in reply to Ron.M)
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maybe wrong , but i feel like this ...can u tell if the kid has the will or the desire to do it?Dont know much about small kids,but with a little older kids , it's not that hard to know if he's gonna stay and do this or if he's not gonna progress and he'll just let it go away.I have a friend who tries to pick up some things from me , as much as I know is still better than no teacher.Anyway know I just dont know if she's gonna progress,I mean she's lazy, doesnt pay attention ...it's kind of frustrating.I dont know ,but I'm used to think like me...when i had a teacher ,i was always pushing him ...more ,more .Now I dont if I'm gonna learn smth ...probably that will is not all , but I think u got have at least that. Will is subjective also,some have more or less. Anyway, i wanna say ...that i would look for that in a kid.Not to mention that teaching whatever to someone who really wants it ,it's rewarding to the teacher too. I dont know what's with this music thing , but i guess that it shouldnt be that different from sports , literature , math ,programming,physics or whatever.If he knows how to play with a ball for 4 hours and he'll rather do that instead of playing sega ...I think he has smth there. So...probably if u wanna pick your winner from the kids , u got to extend the research ...find out what he likes to do.He wont tell u , there are grown people who dont know what to do with their lives ...U got to see it.
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Date Dec. 12 2005 22:45:51
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