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I believe the opposite. i believe that with the proper direction, any child of "normal development" can excel. But I did not intend for the thread to turn in
by poppysan 16y ago
I believe the opposite. i believe that with the proper direction, any child of "normal development" can excel. But I did not intend for the thread to turn into a nature vs nurture debate. I was more looking for suggestions for hacks or techniques for teaching or encouraging self learning (etc...).
- jerf 16y agoWhat you said isn't the opposite of what I said. It's actually entirely orthogonal. You might want to spend some time with child development literature. It isn't all that difficult to understand. I mean that as a positive suggestion, not a criticism, and that it's much easier for a layman to get into than, say, particle physics. Just be sure you keep an eye out for what is the result of solid studies, and what is just some professor's pet idea somewhere, but the former is available, and it paints a complicated, but interesting, picture.
- hackinthebochs 16y agoDon't know if you're checking this thread anymore so I wanted to make sure you got a chance to see my comment: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2454067 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2454067