Tiessa says Jan 12, 2011 06:54PM This person sounds exactly like the type that the original author was denigrating in her original piece.
Tiessa says Jan 12, 2011 06:54PM I'm sorry, but in my mind, someone excelling at playing football is not "more successful" than someone who has a quantum physics degree.
Tiessa says Jan 12, 2011 06:55PM Knowing I'm a geek ( ), I tend to rate success on intellectual achievements
Tiessa says Jan 12, 2011 06:56PM And her whole "human right's record" BS is just trying to obfuscate the entire point - she's using very poor debating logic
Tiessa says Jan 12, 2011 06:58PM anyway, I'm highly suspicious that the original author's method of parenting does produce higher achievers. And if the child's proclivities
Tiessa says Jan 12, 2011 06:59PM Not that I could ever see myself being able to do what she did and spend that much time doing drills, etc with my kids
Tiessa says Jan 12, 2011 07:03PM But, I was raised in a very intellectual household and very germanic. I didn't have parents like her, but I was always in competition with
Tiessa says Jan 12, 2011 07:05PM kids like hers and my biggest win over them was in social aspects. I'd suggest her methods turn people with good intelligence into high
Tiessa says Jan 12, 2011 07:05PM performers, rather than hoping they will naturally turn that way like I did.
Tiessa says Jan 12, 2011 07:06PM And I think that a bit of harsh parenting and pushing your child into more difficult areas is definitely preferable to hoping they end up
Tiessa says Jan 12, 2011 07:07PM good, but settling for them working at 7-11 because they are "happier this way." Sounds like rationalization to me.
), I tend to rate success on intellectual achievements 
