*Very true.
How often have caring neighbours been criticized for attempting to aid
in the rearing of children? This inherited "European community" is one
of divisiveness through jealousy and the greed of non-sharing. The
"wealth of self" has for a long time been promoted over the "wealth of
the community" as this is what will achieve the best control by those in
charge. I have even received echainmails from "Christians" that contain
"blessings" for increased personal income of a household (pass this on
to 10 friends and send us a reply (with their names and emails attached)
and you will be blessed with higher income) just. I assume, to reap more
addresses for the church members to blitz. But when did Jesus say
monetary wealth must be sought after because it is good?
This society is very screwed-up. Silver tongues abound. Coyote smiles in
appreciation. Raven cries in alarm. But no one hears.
Darryl
*
On 9/26/2010 10:15 AM, Ray Harrell wrote:
I believe it is a society's responsibility to provide the type of
training that will develop the gifted, and all children, of that
society's future. The most responsible people on the planet in
this regard have been the Soviets and the Chinese. Unfortunately
we are so irresponsible to our own gifted that we hire both the
remnants of the old Soviet System of Education and the modern Chinese
above our own children who can't compete or who are damaged by the
narcissism inherent in this system. Why do we insist on not being
better than Karl Marx's description of how we would decay? No
culture. No serious identity. Just endless blather by mad hatters
and white rabbits.
REH
*From:* [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Darryl
or Natalia
*Sent:* Sunday, September 26, 2010 12:38 PM
*To:* RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION
*Subject:* Re: [Futurework] Gifted children are failures
*There is also the immediate family reaction to the knowledge that
their child may be "gifted". How that child is then treated at home
is, I believe, the main criteria here. Parents may be proud,
skeptical, or even jealous of the child that is gifted. If the child
shows an ability to learn faster and more efficiently than a parent,
that child is often beaten down psychologically and may find him or
herself shunned by the parent and will then try to become more like
the parent (and/or siblings) for the emotional acceptance. This is
especially true of the blue collar class where showing any kind of
smarts can lead to negative reactions like ridicule or downright abuse
from the family.
Now, how does the child make "the best of it" under these circumstances?
*
*Darryl*
On 9/26/2010 6:13 AM, Arthur Cordell wrote:
Gifted or not, creative or not , whatever the case the child/person
has to make the best of it. Don't depend on school or "activities" to
do the job. The individual has a range of choices and "will back into
the future (and wherever possible) keep their options open" What is
failure anyhow? Trying something or trying many things and "not doing
well" or waiting for the "right thing" to come along. Boredom is
often self-inflicted and is a function of the child waiting to be
stimulated. I think we might be relying too much on others and not
encouraging or valuing self-reliance.
Arthur
*From:* [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>
[mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Keith Hudson
*Sent:* Sunday, September 26, 2010 4:37 AM
*To:* RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, , EDUCATION
*Subject:* [Futurework] Gifted children are failures
The following Sunday Times story jumped out at me this morning because
I have a gifted 16 year-old grand-daughter, selected by Warwick
University from several state schools in the UK. She and other GCs
from around the world have just been on a project to Botswana during
their summer holidays. But I wonder how she will survive at least five
more years of boredom at school and university. She has a twin sister
who, in my opinion, is even more gifted. But she is even more bored
with school. For the past year she has been working for a couple of
hours a day after school with an international firm and deals with
after-hours phone enquiries from customers in different countries -- a
responsible and enjoyable job for which her adult day counterpart gets
a good salary. She is being strongly pressurized by her school to
stay on and then go to university. I don't yet know what she will
decide but I won't blame her if she opts to join the real world.
I suspect that many of those mentioned below don't succeed because any
creativity they once had was drained out of them by academia. In my
opinion credentialism has gone far too far. I strongly feel that most
children, whether 'gifted' or not, would actually do better and be
happier if they left school much earlier. If you are a
conspiratorialist you could say that, for the past 40 or 50 years the
adult generation have actually plotted to delay young people from
entering the job market for as long as possible and, unfortunately,
the youngsters have fallen for it. The job structure today could have
been a great deal different, and a lot more vibrant, too, I suspect.
<<<<
Sunday Times 26 September 2010
GIFTED CHILDREN ARE FAILURES
Sian Griffiths
Gifted children are just as likely to become misfits as Mozarts,
according to new research.
A study of 210 exceptionally talented children and what became of them
in later life shows that only 3% fulfilled their early promise.
Professor Joan Freeman, a psychologist who has spent 35 years studying
gifted children, said this weekend: "Of the 210 children in my study,
maybe only half a dozen have been what we might consider
conventionally successful.
"At the age of six or seven the gifted child has potential for amazing
things, but many of them are caught in situations where their
potential is handicapped."
A school set up for gifted children closed this year. The Sutton
Trust, which helps children from non-privileged backgrounds, is doing
a six-month research project to help other schools deal with the
exceptionally bright.
Lee Elliot Major, its research director, said: "It's not a pretty
picture out there. some state schools are all for giving these these
kids extra tuition and support, but others are even against
identifying kids that are excpetional."
>>>>
Keith Hudson, Saltford, England
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