Agreed, but it's damned difficult to teach. You would think that the children of today would be far better at it with their abilities to multitask, but on the other hand, I believe their multitasking abilities prevent them from focusing totally on one thing, allowing full application of their thought processes to one function....
Dan --- On Wed, 6/17/09, Jim Cathey <j...@windwireless.net> wrote: > From: Jim Cathey <j...@windwireless.net> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] one reason it's bad to have a girl > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 12:38 PM > > Not to mention that on a lot of > the standardized test questions they tossed in irrelevant > things that derailed their ability to understand the core > question. > > Filtering irrelevance is one of the most important things > anybody can learn to do. > > -- Jim > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com