Hi Mike,
Getting old sucks, but it's ironically liberating in that most of us
have better brains for all the experience we've gained. Or, at least we
like to think so. I wouldn't want to be young again, but for the better
physical stamina and mobility.
It's possible that the wood cutter's son lived in an environment most
suited to the learning style which best suited his personality. He was
likely the auditory/kinesthetic type, who would thrive within a noisy
space with lots of physical work to release his energy, and also give
him a sense of accomplishment. This would have helped to keep his brain
operating optimally in order to benefit from other aspects of
intelligence. If he'd been raised by a visual artist, he may not have
fared as well--unless he himself best related to the world as a
visual/spacial processor.
*Natalia*
On 17/09/2013 9:21 PM, Mike Spencer wrote:
I am *so* behind in reading and replying to -- even to questions posed
directly to me -- FW. Wood to cut and split, gardens to harvest,
apples to collect, cider to press, brush to cut as well as ongoing
projects before inclement weather sets in. And I don't have the
stamina I once did.
On Aug. 31, Keith wrote:
I came across a comment by by Malcolm Gladwell writing in the New
Yorker. " . . . IQ measures not just the quality of a person's
mind but the quality of the world that person lives in."
When I was in the 5th grade [1], circa 1951, we were given IQ tests.
There was a bimodal distribution. Four of us were in the high group:
I, the son of the high school headmaster, a daughter of a moderately
successful farmer and the son of an impoverished wood cutter whose
cousins were intellectually "challenged" even by the standards of a poor
rural community. We moved away a year or two later so I never learned
what it might have been in the wood cutter's family or environment
that produced that result.
- Mike
(Only 110 more FW posts to catch up on...)
[1] I don't know what that translates to in the British school
system -- 9 or 10 years old.
Michael Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada .~.
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mspen...@tallships.ca /( )\
http://home.tallships.ca/mspencer/ ^^-^^
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