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timepiececlockI'm reading this long papaer on comparative educational practices between Britian, America, and Hogwarts:
http://magazine.bgsu.edu/fall03/Booth_paper.pdf
It's written by a PHD in comparative education and a minor in psychology.
But it's said some weird stuff. On page 2 she mentions "the often grey area between madness and genius." I don't see why she would say that if part of her degree was in psychology. I had one class of Intro to Psych last year, and though I disliked the class, I did come away with a lot of information, one being that, statistically, the smarter you are the less likely you are to have psychological problems or disorders. That whole cliche is a line of crap, and most often the smartest people are the sanest people. Sometimes eccentric, sometimes not, but very very sane. Why wouldn't she know that?
The second thing-- the analysis praises the House system at Hogwarts. Which I think is rather missing the point, because it's becomming more and more obvious within the books that the House system is divisive, and hurts the strength of the student body as a whole. It's actually made into a point in the beginning of book 5.
http://magazine.bgsu.edu/fall03/Booth_paper.pdf
It's written by a PHD in comparative education and a minor in psychology.
But it's said some weird stuff. On page 2 she mentions "the often grey area between madness and genius." I don't see why she would say that if part of her degree was in psychology. I had one class of Intro to Psych last year, and though I disliked the class, I did come away with a lot of information, one being that, statistically, the smarter you are the less likely you are to have psychological problems or disorders. That whole cliche is a line of crap, and most often the smartest people are the sanest people. Sometimes eccentric, sometimes not, but very very sane. Why wouldn't she know that?
The second thing-- the analysis praises the House system at Hogwarts. Which I think is rather missing the point, because it's becomming more and more obvious within the books that the House system is divisive, and hurts the strength of the student body as a whole. It's actually made into a point in the beginning of book 5.
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Re: Just to be difficult....
Date: 2003-12-11 03:01 pm (UTC)The study shoulds fascinating, but then the long term ones always are (the "7 up" study in the uk was incredible!), so if you can find the name that would be great! But as I say, in england just having a IQ over a certain poitn does not make you a "genius". We are generally distrustful of IQ tests in general. So These children to a UK mind might not be Genius, just very smart.
Don't you find these subtle differences between different nations on areas enthralling. Or is it just me?