tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7786112280005647188.post5120323371787201241..comments2023-03-25T05:49:46.499-07:00Comments on Journey of Life: Motivation and us!Journey of Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14814279353807130008noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7786112280005647188.post-92146617284763843572012-10-26T20:48:27.530-07:002012-10-26T20:48:27.530-07:00Great post. Learning what rewards we will work har...Great post. Learning what rewards we will work hard for, what moves us, helps us reach our desired goals. SaraSherrell.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09663215948524446296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7786112280005647188.post-38652294341360869892012-05-16T22:40:56.345-07:002012-05-16T22:40:56.345-07:00Thank you for stopping by Colleen!Yes. i am quite ...Thank you for stopping by Colleen!Yes. i am quite lucky and I wish you the best with your dream. I know it will come true!Journey of Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14814279353807130008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7786112280005647188.post-23098240641004894512012-05-16T17:45:39.461-07:002012-05-16T17:45:39.461-07:00Angela,
this is a very motivating post! Thanks for...Angela,<br />this is a very motivating post! Thanks for the post.<br />Lucky you that your baby is now self-motivated.<br />I will dream big and motivate me and my beloved ones!Colleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15320057912426054043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7786112280005647188.post-48124095806657334792011-10-15T09:15:11.229-07:002011-10-15T09:15:11.229-07:00Well said! Thanks for inspiring me on what to writ...Well said! Thanks for inspiring me on what to write next.Journey of Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14814279353807130008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7786112280005647188.post-17261457774203020932011-10-14T12:41:32.846-07:002011-10-14T12:41:32.846-07:00Interesting; your friend is right up to a point. ...Interesting; your friend is right up to a point. Indeed, by definition, HALF of the people in the world are below 'average,' however you want to define that. And from personal experience, you are absolutely right that one's "talents" are neither uniformly a blessing or a curse. How you use them is up to you, and it's very possible, likely even, for a gifted child to lack motivation and be bored. <br /><br />As an aside, my third grade math teacher was convinced I would struggle to graduate from high school because I had an apparent lack of skill with long division. Now, with undergraduate and graduate degrees in applied mathematics, I make a pretty good living. <br /><br />One problem I see (aside from the fact that certain schools deem it necessary to assign homework to 12 year olds that requires them to be awake until midnight) is that too many people are "other-directed." There is unrelenting pressure to live to the dreams and expectations of someone else.<br /><br />For the high-achieving child, all too often, that means mom and dad and vicarious dreams that their child will "get in" to the right college. Thus, the journey of learning becomes a quest for an A, and not the knowledge.<br /><br />When I was a graduate student at Stanford 20 years ago, I was surprised, stunned even, by how many of the undergrads in my sections could not have cared less about the principles they were supposed to be learning; instead, they were focused, to the exclusion of all else, on getting an "A," ostensibly because they understood the bargain - in order to gain acceptance to the "right" medical or law school, a sufficiently high GPA was required. One student actually requested on his final that if I did not award him an "A," to please fail him, since a B would blemish his report cards, but an F would allow him to retake the class.<br /><br />It was stunning that students at one of the allegedly best universities in the world had such an attitude.DWBuddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12955276932812880108noreply@blogger.com