Which is one of the main reasons I (also slightly biased as per my background in education) am a huge advocate in public education. It's not just learning stuff (or having stuff "crammed into your head" a la "Pink Floyd's 'The Wall'"), but a critical part is also learning how to interact and socialize with other people who are not necessarily your family.
-MuZemike On 1/18/2011 1:27 PM, Fred Bauder wrote: >> on 1/18/11 2:10 PM, Fred Bauder at fredb...@fairpoint.net wrote: >> >>>> The importance to the individual of collaborating within a group. And >>>> the >>>> importance to the group in recognizing, and nurturing, the individual. >>>> >>>> From: >>>> "Amy Chua Is a Wimp" >>>> By DAVID BROOKS >>>> Published: January 17, 2011 >>>> NYT >>>> >>>> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/18/opinion/18brooks.html?nl=todaysheadlines&e >>>> mc=tha212 >>>> >>>> "Most people work in groups. We do this because groups are much more >>>> efficient at solving problems than individuals (swimmers are often >>>> motivated >>>> to have their best times as part of relay teams, not in individual >>>> events). >>>> Moreover, the performance of a group does not correlate well with the >>>> average I.Q. of the group or even with the I.Q.'s of the smartest >>>> members. >>>> >>>> "Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Carnegie >>>> Mellon have found that groups have a high collective intelligence when >>>> members of a group are good at reading each others' emotions ‹ when >>>> they >>>> take turns speaking, when the inputs from each member are managed >>>> fluidly, >>>> when they detect each others' inclinations and strengths. >>>> >>>> "Participating in a well-functioning group is really hard. It requires >>>> the >>>> ability to trust people outside your kinship circle, read intonations >>>> and >>>> moods, understand how the psychological pieces each person brings to >>>> the >>>> room can and cannot fit together." >>>> >>>> This also presents to how "home schooling" can produce the >>>> socially-challenged. >>>> >>>> Be healthy, >>>> >>>> Marc Riddell >>> >>> Heh, >>> >>> All backwards, her children, hungry for safe opportunities for social >>> interaction, will be sitting at home editing Wikipedia most evenings. >>> Nightclubbing and ski weekends is just not going to work for them. We >>> can >>> look forward to substantial contributions to math and music. >>> >>> Fred >>> >> And you consider Wikipedia, right now, to be a "safe opportunity for >> social >> interaction"!? Please take a closer, more-objective look, Fred. >> >> Marc > > Everything is relative, compared to a Rainbow Gathering Wikipedia is a > piece of cake. We have more than our share of people without social > skills, at least when they start editing. That is part of what the > internet is about. > > Not that there are not people who will NOT be socialized; some notable > Wikipedians fall into that category. > > Fred > > > > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l