That book affected me as profoundly as anything I've ever read. I think my 8th-grade English class was required to read it, though I doubt public schools would even be allowed to require such a book these days.
I'm at work, so I can't discuss it a whole lot right now, but I identified with it, too. The whole thing. And I identify with you, because I'm pretty socially retarded, too.
Who is the moron?king_roachSeptember 26 2007, 20:27:11 UTC
Before high school, I was a legend in mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, Arabic and English (pretty much all the major subjects. I sucked at history and geography). I wouldn't contribute much to the class, hoping my friends would "learn by doing", but whenever there was a question that nobody could solve, I was to the rescue. All my teachers acknowledged this, and would intentionally ask me to solve mathematical problems from homework I didn't do, in order to show other students how a practical "thinking process" works
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Re: Who is the moron?emperor_boySeptember 27 2007, 13:04:59 UTC
If that is the case, then perhaps I am lucky. I am much more able to understand people and the underlying patterns of society than I was when I was young, but I am not sure I am so great at it that I would say that it compensates for a loss of concrete, easily measured ability.
Perhaps it is the loss of recognition and the injury to ego that makes it difficult to accept that it could be 'growth' and not a hindrance.
You always leave such thoughtful comments, Noah. I appreciate that you think so much about what you write.
Re: Who is the moron?king_roachSeptember 27 2007, 13:23:20 UTC
Do you ask yourself why an ability like that is easily measured in little children and not in adults? Perhaps the ability itself is basic. You should not let fixed, rigid scales --such as recognition from the public-- define the shape of such a flexible and pliable entity as the human being. It doesn't work on bodies, it won't work on minds.
Thank you for your comment. I wish I could arrange my ideas in writing as well as I do in my mind, and that I don't forget everything the very moment I first look at the blank page I'm willing to fill.
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I'm at work, so I can't discuss it a whole lot right now, but I identified with it, too. The whole thing. And I identify with you, because I'm pretty socially retarded, too.
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Perhaps it is the loss of recognition and the injury to ego that makes it difficult to accept that it could be 'growth' and not a hindrance.
You always leave such thoughtful comments, Noah. I appreciate that you think so much about what you write.
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Thank you for your comment. I wish I could arrange my ideas in writing as well as I do in my mind, and that I don't forget everything the very moment I first look at the blank page I'm willing to fill.
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