Is Dr. Robert Epstein ripping off Daniel Quinn or perhaps arriving at the same conclusions independently?
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/10/13/midmorning1/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Epstein
Epstein believes the education system needs to be completely changed considering that teenagers in many cases are as adept as adults. Indeed many adults are incomepetent compared to teenagers. Do we agree and didn't Quinn already say this?
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Well let's not assume that two people cannot reach the same conclusion while evaluating the same data. You and I could would both arrive at the conclusion that the Timberwolves are bad by looking at the team stats. Epstein appears to have been trained in the field of psychology and probably has more understanding of the teenage mind than Quinn.
ReplyDeleteOn to the larger question. A teenager a person will remain unless acted upon by an outside force, that is not age. Our society deems an individual an adult by the latter criteria. I would argue this is wrong. The incompetency starts in adolescence and will not change without the help of educators (broad term, parents, teachers, mentors) in the teenage years, and then oneself in the early adult years.
Think of how your guy friends "reacted" to girls, sports, and homework in middle/high school. I still see these reactionary tendencies occuring in the "adult" world all the time (vikings fans, Republican/Democrats susceptible to ad hominem, reality tv, the existence of an equivalent number of celebrity talk shows and nightly news programs). I could go on.
ReplyDeleteWhat is the ultimate measure? Can teens hunt and fish and farm if adults vanished? Or can teens cope with the emotive and discover and reason if adults vanished?