This is talking about China and its one-child policy which it has enforced starting in 1979. And it goes on to say that when multiple intelligences are recognized and encouraged, parents can be more hopeful that their child might find an area to have a good job in and in general having open doors to having a pretty good life.Multiple Intelligences Around the World
with editors Jie-Qi Chen, Seana Moran, Howard Gardner, 2009.
https://books.google.com/books?id=C...d is not strong in that intelligence"&f=false
" . . . If one believes that there is only one kind of intelligence that matters and an only child is not strong in that intelligence, it can be quite depressing for the parents. . . "
How about someone with average math and verbal skills, and with exceptionally good spatial reasoning who wants to be a surgeon? Such a person could be a leader perhaps even an innovator, but because of what high school and college has typically focused on, they probably don't even have a realistic chance of getting into medical school.. . . since the careers they lead to are more specialized and or less lucrative.
So, the man was not exactly an enthusiastic supporter of the GI Bill's education benefits!Defining a Nation, edited by David Halberstam.
https://books.google.com/books?id=k...onverted into education hobo jungles"&f=false
'president of the University of Chicago, Robert M. Hutchins, put it this way: "Colleges and universities will find themselves converted into education hobo jungles . . . education is not a device for coping with mass unemployment.'
Thank you Dr. Conant.Defining a Nation, edited by David Halberstam.
https://books.google.com/books?id=k...anced education and those who cannot"&f=false
"those who could profit from advanced education and those who cannot"
I think the seriousness and the skill level of the returning veterans surprised a lot of people.Defining a Nation, edited by David Halberstam.
https://books.google.com/books?id=k...mising students Harvard has ever had"&f=false
"The veterans are the most mature and promising students Harvard has ever had."
for example, a bunch of drills in my math class, right?. . . Prussian model of education.
http://www.returnofkings.com/64892/...tes-still-using-the-prussian-education-system http://hackeducation.com/2015/04/25/factory-modelfor example, a bunch of drills in my math class, right?
Not just that, but alot of the setup is designed the prussian way. Instead of German nationalism the goal is to produce good consumer/employee drones -- hence the group projects with no input on members of groups(idiot coworkers), homework(getting used to inane busywork), pushing extracurriculars(getting people to be strivers/willing to put in more effort for nothing in return)for example, a bunch of drills in my math class, right?
How about someone with average math and verbal skills, and with exceptionally good spatial reasoning who wants to be a surgeon? Such a person could be a leader perhaps even an innovator, but because of what high school and college has typically focused on, they probably don't even have a realistic chance of getting into medical school.
youtube: Syracuse University Opening Doors for America's Veterans
(Syracuse admitted 10,000 veterans after WWII)
The original GI Bill of Rights ("Servicemen's Readjustment Act") signed by Roosevelt on June 22, 1944, was a very big deal. I think it's the second biggest single factor in the growth of the American middle class, second only to the United Auto Workers union and the American auto industry.
I do agree that with the whole mentality of scarcity (and the reality, for it’s not like people are misperceiving things!!) about jobs and college admission, that anywhere between (?) 40% and 90% of extacurriculars are done for this external benefit, rather than just because it’s an activity you want to do. . . homework(getting used to inane busywork), pushing extracurriculars(getting people to be strivers/willing to put in more effort for nothing in return)
Okay, let me put it this way. I mean, once we really think about it, why would we do anything other than recruit highly dexterous persons to be surgeons? [bodily-kinesthetic intelligence]Because being surgeon means much more than being good with knifes. Every surgeon is a competent GP to begin with. Surgical skills or anything that depends on muscle memory . . .
Theoretically, a surgeon should both know about the body and have high manual dexterity. That, and the high problem-solving skills requires in such complex work, means they need logical-mathematical AS WELL AS bodily-kinesthetic. Heck, A good surgeon will probably also have at least a medicorum of inter-personal intelligence on top, since, ya know, bedside manner.Okay, let me put it this way. I mean, once we really think about it, why would we do anything other than recruit highly dexterous persons to be surgeons? [bodily-kinesthetic intelligence]
More accurate operations and less time under anesthesia are serious, serious benefits for the patient.
Our current system is like recruiting concert musicians mainly on their ability to pass paper and pencil tests about music theory, and then declaring and focusing on the fact that their playing ability is merely good enough!
* and why would pre- and post-operation care be anything other than a team effort?
and we might as well add musical intelligence so that the surgeon can better relax in the evenings!Theoretically, a surgeon should both know about the body and have high manual dexterity. That, and the high problem-solving skills requires in such complex work, means they need logical-mathematical AS WELL AS bodily-kinesthetic. Heck, A good surgeon will probably also have at least a medicorum of inter-personal intelligence on top, since, ya know, bedside manner.