'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Math is this weird place where we do allow people to stop engaging in learning it because they aren't good at it innately. And it's something we wouldn't let reading teachers get away with.
What about writing? And where does talent fit in? Is there a difference between "gifted" and "talented?"
And why not just say, "your kid has a talent for math"? It sounds different in my head, meaning-wise.
perhaps I do tend to forget the big picture wrt to mac. it's good for me to keep the perspective.
I hope I didn't sound like I was reproaching you.
Can you bring Mac to LA? It's a crime that I've never hugged him.
thanks Jesse - insent
Is there a difference between "gifted" and "talented?"
enough I guess to warrant both being used in the same sentence for G&T programs when I was growing up? Talented being that motley group who are not quite gifted?
oh, it didn't sound like reproach - it made me laugh.
I am hoping an LA trip this year if finances work out.
sarameg & lisah - hope you get home safely. sounds like there are fools on 83 already.
It is FREEZING in my office. I'm tempted to go nab the heater from my coworker's, who is in the hospital right now, office. I feel a bit like a vulture though.
Talented being that motley group who are not quite gifted?
That doesn't sound right. Talented is a different sort of exceptional than gifted, not a different degree.
She says through her hat.
The whole "being good" (or not) at something has always bugged. You hear it all the time as a language teacher.
Which I guess makes sense because language can be very mathematical and some people just aren't good at math. @@@
A friend just sent me this link which I definitely dug: HEMA is a Dutch department store. The first store opened on November 4, 1926, in Amsterdam. Take a look at HEMA's product page. You can't order anything and it's in Dutch, but just wait a couple of seconds and watch what happens. [link]
For some reason, I think lisah is out of town. Did get an alert that Cold Spring was closed which pretty much sucks as it is part of my drive home and I hate Northern in bad weather.
But hopefully it'll be clear by the time I leave. While a lot came down in a small period of time, it isn't that bad. OTOH, other people...well, they are that bad.
Oh & thanks!