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Mon, Oct 01 10:41 AM

Quality, Content and focus

 

Thomas Jefferson participated in penning the Declaration of Independence for the soon-to-become United States of America at the age of THIRTY-THREE.

 

Lewis and Clark were in their early 30's when they went on their great expedition.  Read the diaries their group wrote and compare it to what a 30 year old writes today.

 

Pierpont Morgan was fluent in French, German, Latin and English in his twenties and at the same time was very well-versed in business, politics and society in general.

 

Were these special or gifted people?  Yes and no.  Mostly no.  They became special by their actions and accomplishments. They did possess significant focus and placed a high value on learning and application of their knowledge to their world.

 

We differ by having a diffused focus bouncing from car insurance to Oprah and back, over and over again each day.  We take education for granted, it was forced on us by the government and our parents.   And unfortunately, our parents knew education was important, but they could not explain "why" or "how" to us in a convincing manner, as they really did not understand it very well themselves.  (I'm going to write a book on this).

 

(Please forgive the brevity and incompleteness of this post, I am short on time and this is a large topic.  I post it to hopefully engage a thread and will grow it over time). 

 


 

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Moogle Moogle: 2007-10-01 13:35:48

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Hi doug,

Thanks for the post, it was interesting to read. 

I think attitudes towards education today reflect the society we now live in.  There is so much information out there, which can be shared, manipulated and reproduced in many ways.  Science moves so fast even scientists have to work to keep up with it! Perhaps young people born into a world with too much information at their fingertips are made to feel small and insignificant.  Local communities are being replaced by online communities, and in my view this is where people stop feeling that they count.  online communities are great but it is not the same as getting person to person contact (although this is a whole other subject!)

 

It stands to reason that information that speaks to us on a personal level and is relevent to us should filter through more easily than historical accounts.  I wonder if when faced with such a choice of stimulus, people are forced to choose to learn about something that is most related to them?  I have heard of relatives of cancer sufferers that have self-taught themselves the biochemical, pharmaceutical, theraputic and social aspects of the disease.

 

I could have elaborated more on some points there but it makes for a long post! Thankyou for making me think about this, good luck with your book!

 

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