"Grades don't measure intelligence and age doesn't define maturity". Not sure where this quote originated but I like it. I have always disliked the grading system used in our schools; it holds back so many people and worse than that it is shaming. What about a person who didn't achieve the standards (I would like to know who sets these standards and how they how they decide this should be the critera used) set by our educational system; so they drop out before finishing high school. This person can fix a machine, build a house or write a book, yet they were so shamed and discarded by our educational system that they are considered not to smart by some system that I believe no one understands. I wonder how well a CEO or member of Parliment would survive in the wilderness. What real coping skills do they have?
And age definately doesn't define maturity. I am 70 something and the accumulation of years hasn't always made me wise or mature. I know some really "unsmart" (I wanted to say stupid, but that didn't seem nice) old people. What the 70 something accumulated years did give me was experience, enough experience to not make asolute statements anymore. When I have to ask a 15 year old, who has been diagnosed ADHD to show me how to put a picture on my blog, it is a humbling experience and one that is good for me. This same teenager has given me lessons in forgiveness and honesty.
Afternoon Thoughts
Saturday, Feruary 18th, 2012.........1:42p.m.
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