Is this such a great thing? The kid might turn out to be really smart. Rich even. Popular- maybe not. Happy probably not. Jeez- what chance will this kid have in the playground, at the prom or even with his own kids? There'snothing wrong with climbing trees and kicking a football.
While I do agree that the quality of parenting is certainly important, you do have to agree that even that is more luck than anything else.
Nobody gets to choose their parents, as even if one possess the potential to be intelligent, without the proper parental support it is, as you said, a waste.
"The kid might turn out to be really smart. Rich even. Popular- maybe not. Happy probably not. Jeez- what chance will this kid have in the playground, at the prom or even with his own kids? There's nothing wrong with climbing trees and kicking a football."
You're overestimating the world's needs for kids that can kick football.
There's nothing wrong in some kids growing up with different talents, and they can even be happy with it, and contribute to a better world.
Kids kicking football 24/7 had their chance, time to try some new things.
I thought I'd skip commenting on that, but. I noticed you seem to be buying a very often used cliche in movies where all people with superior intelligence or skills are "not happy".
Keep in mind those series are made to entertain the average folk, and the average folk are entertained by the fact that it in fact sucks to be super smart, and it's better to be simple folk, but "happy".
It's however, a myth. Smart kids can be just as happy and have a far more fulfilling life than a kid which grew up playing games and climbing trees all the time.
When you grow up, you learn a profession and spend your life utilizing it one way or the other. What better thing than having grown up to understand and love this profession better than most people out there, and be able to "think natively" in this field, and truly enjoy working in it.
Good thing generation change, since the previous generation will always try to "normalize" things, while new generation are not having such cumbersome burdens, and brave to try new things.
Agreed. My mother was a highschool math teacher in a city where a Ford assembly plant is the biggest employer. Of course, you don't need college to work there. Very few people even cared enough how their kids were doing.
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completely agreed Paul.
Everyone could be smart if it weren't for their extremely dumb parents.
My wife is an elementary teacher and the parents literally don't do anything.
They think it's the teacher's job to teach their child everything.
What a waste.
With my first child almost here, I can tell you this, he's going to be doing algebra before he's 8.
Is this such a great thing? The kid might turn out to be really smart. Rich even. Popular- maybe not. Happy probably not. Jeez- what chance will this kid have in the playground, at the prom or even with his own kids? There'snothing wrong with climbing trees and kicking a football.
While I do agree that the quality of parenting is certainly important, you do have to agree that even that is more luck than anything else.
Nobody gets to choose their parents, as even if one possess the potential to be intelligent, without the proper parental support it is, as you said, a waste.
I agree with you, but why are the parents dumb? ;-)
"The kid might turn out to be really smart. Rich even. Popular- maybe not. Happy probably not. Jeez- what chance will this kid have in the playground, at the prom or even with his own kids? There's nothing wrong with climbing trees and kicking a football."
You're overestimating the world's needs for kids that can kick football.
There's nothing wrong in some kids growing up with different talents, and they can even be happy with it, and contribute to a better world.
Kids kicking football 24/7 had their chance, time to try some new things.
@felahughes
I thought I'd skip commenting on that, but. I noticed you seem to be buying a very often used cliche in movies where all people with superior intelligence or skills are "not happy".
Keep in mind those series are made to entertain the average folk, and the average folk are entertained by the fact that it in fact sucks to be super smart, and it's better to be simple folk, but "happy".
It's however, a myth. Smart kids can be just as happy and have a far more fulfilling life than a kid which grew up playing games and climbing trees all the time.
When you grow up, you learn a profession and spend your life utilizing it one way or the other. What better thing than having grown up to understand and love this profession better than most people out there, and be able to "think natively" in this field, and truly enjoy working in it.
Good thing generation change, since the previous generation will always try to "normalize" things, while new generation are not having such cumbersome burdens, and brave to try new things.
Agreed. My mother was a highschool math teacher in a city where a Ford assembly plant is the biggest employer. Of course, you don't need college to work there. Very few people even cared enough how their kids were doing.
I did algebra when I was 6...