Hi One of the "hot spots" mentioned is Brazil and soccer players. Here's a passage from a site celebrating Brazilian soccer.
"The majority of the people living in Brazil are in deep poverty. Soccer is the one ticket out of that lifestyle if the talent is learned early enough. Many of the popular soccer players on the Brazil soccer team came from very poor backgrounds, learning soccer at a very young age." The emerging superstars, relatively numerous at the star level, would be a very tiny proportion of all the poor kids playing soccer in Brazil. I would be very surprised if genes did not play some part in the radical sorting process that led some few to stardom and the rest to whatever miserable fate awaits them once their dreams of glory are shattered by reality. Take care Jim James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax [email protected] >>> "Joan Warmbold" <[email protected]> 05-Jan-11 1:12 PM >>> Thanks for your book recommendation Carol--sounds very interesting if not upsetting. Two books I would highly recommend (or have I already--yikes) are: Talent Code by Coyle--incredible book on the hot spots around the globe that have produced extraordinary numbers of very gifted and highly motivated children in soccer, the arts, tennis, etc. And the source of these high numbers of gifted children/young adults is not genetic folks. http://www.thesimplerlife.net/2010/05/22/book-review-the-talent-code/ The second book that's a must read is "Safe Patients, Smart Hospitals." Peter Pronovost. A review is below--and I now will only go to a hospital that uses the team and check-list system described in this book if I need care for any type of serious health issue. http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9781594630644,00.html Hmmm. . . this is ringing too many bells so sorry for the redundancy--but they are really good! Would love to hear from others recommended good reads! Joan Joan (Warmbold) Boggs Professor of Psychology Oakton Community College [email protected] > In a tangentially related vein (or maybe completely unrelated), I just > finished reading _The Warmth of Other Suns_ about the Great Migration of > African Americans from the South during the first half of the 20th > century. I think what shocked me most of all was how naive I had been > growing up during a portion of that time period. I was and am dismayed > about how strongly I believed in a just world as a young person. Now I'm > just an older cynic. I wholly recommend the book. > > Carol > > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a891720c9&n=T&l=tips&o=7685 or send a blank email to leave-7685-13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a89172...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=7687 or send a blank email to leave-7687-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
