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Sitting still is bad for the back. How is doing something that you don't want to do strengthening your will power? Disclaimer: I hated sitting still in class.
by blablabla123 10y ago
Sitting still is bad for the back. How is doing something that you don't want to do strengthening your will power?
Disclaimer: I hated sitting still in class. At least in elementary, in the Gymnasium (~high school) teachers occasionally complained that I was too passive.
- Normal_gaussian 10y agoThere are three comments going on at once there: > Sitting still is bad for the back OK. More information on sitting still, it isn't surprising that any action has both benefits and drawbacks - I couldn't find much quantitative information for any more meaningful comparisons. > How is doing something that you don't want to do strengthening your will power willpower: control exerted to do something or restrain impulses [2] If willpower benefits from practice (which I believe it does) then it would be through using willpower to retrain the impulses to not sit still. > teachers occasionally complained that I was too passive. Passivity is quite distinct from willpower, likely they were referring to a lack of charisma or independence. [2] https://www.google.co.uk/webhp#q=define+willpower https://www.google.co.uk/webhp#q=define+willpower
- visarga 10y agoI don't think children exhibit willpower when they sit still. They might be afraid of the teacher, or being ashamed in front of other kids.
- Normal_gaussian 10y agowillpower: control exerted to do something or restrain impulses