Intellect and wisdom

Dubukku's post on Kamal's kavidhai triggered this post.



Our education system and society values information gathering very highly. This is seen in the umpteen quiz competitions where the winners are called geniuses. How can knowing a few facts and details which is entirely dependent on memory be called a genius - I wonder?



Some people cross this information gathering stage and demonstrate the ability to convert information into knowledge - like connecting the dots. They acquire information and connect one piece with the other and make their own inferences. This I think is the intellect we talk and hear so much about. With due respects to Kamal I think he belongs here.



Wisdom is something that helps us decide which information to use where, how to 'show off ' our knowledge without hurting anyone and most importantly the value of unsaid words. This does not come with education or exposure but with a deep meaningful search within and with life experiences.



The differentiating factor is - arivu and viveham. Arivaligal ellam vivehigal illai.

ஹௌஸ்வொர்க் அண்ட் endorphins

அந்த நாளில் வீட்டு வேலை செய்ய பெண்கள் பயந்த மாதிரி தெரியலை. எக்ஸர்ஸய்ஸ் பண்ணினால் என்டோர்பின் ஜாஸ்தி ஆகும். அது ஒரு காரணம் எக்ஸர்ஸய்ஸ் பண்றவங்க ரெகுலரா பண்றதுக்குன்னு கேக்கும்போது ஒரு வேளை என்டோர்பின் தான் வீட்டு வேலை மாங்கு மாங்குன்னு அந்த காலத்ல செஞ்சதுக்கு காரணமோன்னு தோன்றது .. உங்க அபிப்ராயம் என்ன ???

Thamizh

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Two school drop outs

Two boys, both children of security guards. One kid is above average when it came to grasp and quite intelligent , the other one a dyslexic child.

The above average kid was sent to a CBSE English medium school, could not cope with the medium of instruction and dropped out of school for good.

The dyslexic child went to a govt school and there was no support for a special needs child, he too dropped out.

How do we convince both parents that it is not the fault of the children but it is the system at fault and they should not be blaming the kids or punishing them for dropping out of school?

Window for sports

There is a very small window for children to explore sports in a serious manner (till 16/18 years max). Still why is it that we give preference to education that has a much larger window (life long) than to sports????