https://padlet.com/10645516/zxgasj6acek6 Made with an open mind en-us 2017-02-01 02:21:42 UTC 2017-02-01 02:44:31 UTC hello@padlet.com 10645516 https://padlet.com/10645516/zxgasj6acek6/wish/150729247 It recalls to my mind the age old argument about nature vs nurture. Are we born with talent/intelligence/ability? Or do we develop this over time. ]]> 2017-02-01 02:23:41 UTC https://padlet.com/10645516/zxgasj6acek6/wish/150729247 10645516 https://padlet.com/10645516/zxgasj6acek6/wish/150729581 I have always thought that intelligence implied a more biological meaning. Like, all humans and creatures with brains and functioning capabilities of adapting to their environment and learning from it are intelligent. Monkeys are intelligent. Rats are intelligent. And humans are superiorly intelligent (in my biased opinion-- giggle haha).]]> 2017-02-01 02:27:32 UTC https://padlet.com/10645516/zxgasj6acek6/wish/150729581 10645516 https://padlet.com/10645516/zxgasj6acek6/wish/150729831 Einstein was intelligent, is what I always think. But I also remember that Einstein's mother was told that he would never really amount to much. I bet whoever said that would have been surprised.]]> 2017-02-01 02:31:06 UTC https://padlet.com/10645516/zxgasj6acek6/wish/150729831 10645516 https://padlet.com/10645516/zxgasj6acek6/wish/150729890 I always took to the words of Shinichi Suzuki, founder of the suzuki music education method. He always said that the nurturing of ability was more important than one's genetics. He said, Chinese babies don't speak German. They speak Chinese, because that is their environment.]]> 2017-02-01 02:32:09 UTC https://padlet.com/10645516/zxgasj6acek6/wish/150729890 10645516 https://padlet.com/10645516/zxgasj6acek6/wish/150730026 My mom has always seemed a very intelligent person, to me. She doesn't know everything, but she is always studying.
She never went to college or got a degree. Neither did my dad. But I know that her years of self study have done a lot for her, and she has not let her mind waste away.]]> 2017-02-01 02:33:52 UTC https://padlet.com/10645516/zxgasj6acek6/wish/150730026 10645516 https://padlet.com/10645516/zxgasj6acek6/wish/150730192 I really think that intelligence can be developed, like the neuron pathways in our brain can be created and strengthened. It really is the same thing. Our brain is a muscle.]]> 2017-02-01 02:35:51 UTC https://padlet.com/10645516/zxgasj6acek6/wish/150730192 10645516 https://padlet.com/10645516/zxgasj6acek6/wish/150730284 I have known my share of autistic people. 
The first I knew was my cousin. He was severely autistic, and would bite people. We used to babysit him. He was very intelligent when it came to getting what he wanted. Especially where food was involved.
I knew another disabled person. His name was Andrew, and he was our neighbor. He had an accident in his early life, and so he was mentally disabled. But he could still hold a polite conversation, and be mannerly. He always said please and thank you, and his mom said it was only because she trained him to be that way. He used to bite too. We liked Andrew a lot. We watched barney together. :) 
I am not sure what that has to do with this...]]> 2017-02-01 02:37:06 UTC https://padlet.com/10645516/zxgasj6acek6/wish/150730284