A question of wisdom?

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Originally posted by MILAMBER:
I don't think wisdom is the right word. It seems like you're talking about intelligence, not wisdom. I know when I was a teenager I thought I was smarter then everybody, but I would never NEVER argue that I had wisdom in any way shape or form. My actions during that time in my life proved this countless times

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Actually Im speaking about both [img]smile.gif[/img] it seems I am constantly encountering teens who a. believe they know all and b. have not the wisdom to know that they may know as much as they think they know.

[img]smile.gif[/img] I still think kids are mostly ok

[Sir Kenyth]

Here's a good saying I try to always remember. It keeps your own knowledge in perspective. "Remember that everyone is subserviant to any other man in the fact that they may learn something from them." You can pick ANYONE randomly from ANYWHERE in the world and can still learn something from them. Knowledge is endless and malleable. What is known true today could be known false tomorrow. Learning is like breathing. It's constant throughout life and won't end, until your end.

[Yorick]

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Originally posted by MagiK:

I would also like to request information from anyone on the instances throughout history where someone in this age group actually managed to come up with some revolutionary concept or idea in these catagories that actully worked in the real world. I admit my knowledge in this area is limited in the extreme.

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Alexander the Great was 20 when his father was killed. Prior to that he was leading cavalry and at 16 regent of Macedon while Phillip was away.

Mozart indeed toured London and Paris at aged 10, while Vanessa Mae and Tori Amos are (were) contempory musical prodigies.

Ruth Lawrence is the youngest person to attend Oxford University at aged 12.

According to the Bible, Jesus was lecturing Rabbis at a very young age.

Thomas Edison became an inventor at age 21 - inventing an electronic vote recorder.

At age 20 Lenardo Da Vinci joined the Florentine painters guild, and was already an accomplished musician.

Marco Polo was 17 when he embarked on his SECOND world changing journey to China.

That's just for starters....

[ 02-07-2002: Message edited by: Yorick ]

[Yorick]

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Originally posted by Sir Kenyth:
Here's a good saying I try to always remember. It keeps your own knowledge in perspective. "Remember that everyone is subserviant to any other man in the fact that they may learn something from them." You can pick ANYONE randomly from ANYWHERE in the world and can still learn something from them. Knowledge is endless and malleable. What is known true today could be known false tomorrow. Learning is like breathing. It's constant throughout life and won't end, until your end.

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What a great post. [img]smile.gif[/img]

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Originally posted by Yorick:


Alexander the Great was 20 when his father was killed. Prior to that he was leading cavalry and at 16 regent of Macedon while Phillip was away.

Mozart indeed toured London and Paris at aged 10, while Vanessa Mae and Tori Amos are (were) contempory musical prodigies.

Ruth Lawrence is the youngest person to attend Oxford University at aged 12.

According to the Bible, Jesus was lecturing Rabbis at a very young age.

Thomas Edison became an inventor at age 21 - inventing an electronic vote recorder.

At age 20 Lenardo Da Vinci joined the Florentine painters guild, and was already an accomplished musician.

Marco Polo was 17 when he embarked on his SECOND world changing journey to China.

That's just for starters....

[ 02-07-2002: Message edited by: Yorick ]

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Hey thanks those are great examples [img]smile.gif[/img]

Now I just got to figure out how to make my kids into Alexander the Great [img]smile.gif[/img] (Really Id settle for Alexander the not too mediocre)

[slackerboy]

I know there are things i do not know, i just don't know what they are.

[K T Ong]

The Chinese philosopher Wang Yangming (1472 ~ 1529) wrote the following poem at the age of 11:

Because the mountain is near and the moon far
We think the mountain is bigger than the moon.
But if someone had an eye as wide as heaven
He would see a big moon and a small mountain.

[Blade]

spiffy quote there K T Ong, love Chinese and Japanese phylosiphys and phylosiphers

[Roxi]

About 3 years ago I attended our good friend and neighbors high school graduation. One gentleman, the school counselor I believe, read a letter to the class and parents etc that attended. The letter was from a former student. Though I don't have the exact words, I remember the content fairly well because it hit home with me. The letter read something like this:

'When I was little, my parents were the wisest people in the world. They knew ALL. There was not a single question my young mind could conjure up that they didn't know the answer to. As I grew a little older, nearing my teen years, I realized that, yes, they were wise, but they didn't know all there was. Becoming a teenager I became aware of how ignorant my parents and all adults were. In fact, they just didn't seem to know much of anything that's really, really important. By the time I was ready to graduate I had to face the fact that my parents were downright stupid. They were totally disconnected from all reality. They lacked understanding of even the smallest thing of importance. All of my intelligent observations were always met with their blank, uncomprehending stare, much to my shame that such were my parents.
As I ventured out and made my own way in the world, I began to see that, well, they weren't totally stupid.... they knew a few things. And as each year, each new experience in my life faced me, I began to realize, once again, just how wise my parents were and are. Today, I know now that the wisest thing they have ever done was to allow me my ignorance of being.'

Please remember, this is not exact, but I believe it very close. Anyway, I thought it was a very interesting observation that former student made.

[K T Ong]

Afetr reading some of the posts here, I don't think I'll ever want to be a parent anymore. [img]smile.gif[/img]

To Blade: if you're interested , I certainly can come up with more spiffy quotes from East Asian 'phylosiphers' for your pleasure.