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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 08:36 PM Original message |
Whatever happened to child prodigies? |
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Uben (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
1. Condoleeza Rice |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 08:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. LOL!! You got me there. |
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Bicoastal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
3. Chopin, Mozart and Picasso's talents were APPRECIATED in their era. |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 09:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Well, by the same token, both Britney and Lindsay |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
28. I agree |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
4. They are poor, malnourished and attend poor schools. |
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americanstranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
5. Nowadays they're labeled as 'oddballs' and ostracized. |
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AX10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 09:20 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. True. |
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kurth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
6. Adragon De Mello |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 03:01 PM Response to Reply #6 |
31. My question is, what's he doing at The Home Depot? |
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MedleyMisty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:20 PM Response to Reply #31 |
44. Maybe he likes it and it's what he wants to do? |
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rawtribe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
7. On YouTube |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 09:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Hadn't even considered that |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
10. Now, ALL children are told they are special |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:44 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. "whoever" |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
12. they are not part of the popular culture |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
13. Our country is incredibly hostile to children and young people. |
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tuckessee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
14. Chemically altered through Rx. n/t |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
16. There have been child geniuses or prodigies in the recent past. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
17. television. |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:05 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. plus the XBox and Playstation n/t |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
18. they're all labeled Aspies, fed drugs, and sent to program in Silicon Valley? |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
19. They don't perform badly enough to get on a reality show |
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LeftHander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
21. Waste early childhood development on TV |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
22. www.interlochen.org |
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TalkingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
23. Mass media promotes conformity and ignores "difference" |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
24. Most, if not ALL, of the prodigies I learned about had one thing in common |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
25. Wow, this thread. |
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ck4829 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
26. They're all diagnosed with some disorder nowadays |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 03:04 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. Bingo.. then they try to drug them to make them conform |
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skypilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
27. Watch "60 Minutes" |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
29. When they started considering 10 year olds who could play blues licks... |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 03:16 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. You don't consider a 10 year old who can play the blues |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 03:56 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. No, I have nothing against the blues... |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 04:15 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. "just how much freakin' life experience does a 10 year old bring to his playing?" |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 04:30 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. All great points.. especially the "The Blues is what I want it to be!" |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
30. Everybody's equally gifted now. n/t |
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KnaveRupe (700 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
33. Two words: "Stevie Wonder". n/t |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
37. They have pills for that now. n/t |
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seasat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
39. They're playing the cutting edge music and doing the cutting edge art |
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MedleyMisty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
40. I wasn't spectacularly gifted in a specific creative area |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
41. well |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
42. The are diagnosed with ADD and give copious amounts of Ritalin. nt |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
43. "Prodigy" used to mean "monster" |
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