Patience and tolerance for ambiguity are important traits for life. They are important in my trade, computer programming, but also in any aspect of life where dealing with new and difficult concepts is important.
It seems that many people have a character flaw: they'd rather have a simple wrong answer *now* than investigate more deeply and get a better answer. They can't stand not having an answer for a problem, and that makes them jump to the first conclusion that vaguely fits. Once they are emotionally invested in an opinion, they will defend it.
I believe that humans have the ability to learn character traits, and that a wise parent would want to teach their child important character traits. Teaching children by example is good, but I believe there are more direct methods.
What is an outline of a program to teach such traits to children? At what ages should it be applied? How would you measure progress?
2007-01-07
04:26:15
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Tom D
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Psychology