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To: koan who wrote (989488)	12/21/2016 2:03:09 PM
From: James Seagrove	3 Recommendations Recommended By Mick Mørmøny one_less TideGlider Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570527

"The academia-jet set coalition is attempting to tame the American character by the deliberate breeding of helplessness and resignation—in those incubators of lethargy known as “Progressive” schools, which are dedicated to the task of crippling a child’s mind by arresting his cognitive development. (See “The Comprachicos” in my book The New Left: The Anti-Industrial Revolution.) It appears, however, that the “progressive” rich will be the first victims of their own social theories: it is the children of the well-to-do who emerge from expensive nursery schools and colleges as hippies, and destroy the remnants of their paralyzed brains by means of drugs. The middle class has created an antidote which is perhaps the most hopeful movement of recent years: the spontaneous, unorganized, grass-roots revival of the Montessori system of education—a system aimed at the development of a child’s cognitive, i.e., rational, faculty. The only purpose of education is to teach a student how to live his life—by developing his mind and equipping him to deal with reality. The training he needs is theoretical, i.e., conceptual. He has to be taught to think, to understand, to integrate, to prove. He has to be taught the essentials of the knowledge discovered in the past—and he has to be equipped to acquire further knowledge by his own effort." Ayn Rand

To: koan who wrote (989488)	12/21/2016 5:53:13 PM
From: i-node	3 Recommendations Recommended By GROUND ZERO™ locogringo TideGlider Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1570527

>>. The Bell curve is a bunch of nonsense. It assumes that we have one intelligence, one mind and that it is measurable. So, once again, you believe in science as long as it doesn't conflict with your political view. The entire scientific FINDING of the book was that IQ is meaningful, measurable, and comparable across Demographics. Instead, you focus on the side effect which was the minor finding as to relative IQ across Demograpghics. It is the same, ignorant approach you use with global warming. >>. The one other variable that is very important, is when people are indoctrinated at an early age with nonsense, like myths that have no scientific backing e.g. religion, or racism, it can greatly hinder their ability to learn You do understand that intellect and the volume of information retained (learning) are different, right? >>. hey did a study recently between rich kids and poor kids. By the time the rich kids are two years old, the poor kids are only operating at 18 months intellectually. By the time the rich kids are five years old, the poor kids are only operating at three years So, what is your point? You are not trying to suggest that being poor detracts from intellectual growth, surely. Do, what are you saying? *For the record, "baby talk" (called motherese) is not harmful in the development of normal speech. In fact, it is universal and occurs in practically all common language dialects, and is healthy parenting behavior. Young children's motor skills are not the same as those of an adult. And in fact, so called "baby talk" is often the parent's response to immature sounds the child makes.