| << I’m of the opinion that if sufficiently motivated and with sufficient constraints removed, anyone can learn and do anything. Anyone can do anything if they believe enough.. It is a nice sentiment and I cling to it myself more often than not, because there is something soothing about it. The unfortunate reality, however, is that being forced onto thing for which I have no predisposition, is, uhh, counterproductive at best. In short, I disagree with pre-supposition that your position requires ( we are all amorphous blobs that can be molded into whatever with sufficient amount of force ). And that is before we get to the question of whether it is even worthwhile to teach a kid with down syndrome calculus? Not possible. Worthwhile. << Many people need to be reminded that everything is possible if they aren’t dissuaded by unhelpful ideas or people. No. People need to understand themselves. They need to experience their limits and then cater to their strengths and weaknesses accordingly. It is unhelpful to think that billions people on this planet are interchangeable cogs. We are not. I am extremely unlikely to ever be like Georgi Gerganov. I simply do not believe I have the brain capacity needed. It is fine to aspire, but I am not changing the world tomorrow. |