one book does not an expert
make.
True.
But a six-day intensive training program on the brain and learning put on by one of the leading organizations in the field of bringing brain research into the educational enviroment, a half-day visit to a leading neurological research center with talks by several of the researchers on their curent work, attendance at a four-day national Brain Expo, and reading not one but numerous books (I've only mentioned one here, but just because you mention you might have read a newspaper article on something doesn't mean you haven't read other things on it, also) don't make me an expert, but do give me some insight into a highly evolving field.
I think that
decision-making competence is at least as much a matter of experience and training than of physical development
Good pitching is at least as much a matter of experience and training as of physical development. But still, not matter how much coaching and training she gets, a six year old will never pitch in the majors. It takes both. Responsible parents do, as a matter of course, teach their children decision making skills. But until they have the physical development to enable them to master those skills, they can't any more than the six year old can pitch in the majors. Desire, will, intention, none of these are enough. And if you think your 11 year old has the physical develpment either to pitch in the majors or to make fully reasoned decisions, you should immediately take him to a research facility to study how this is possible in the face of all we know about the physical development both of bodies and of brains. |
