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Originally Posted by MysticCat
I haven't read it (and don't plan to), but I thought David Brooks column on it -- Amy Chua is a Wimp -- was awesome. An excerpt:
Practicing a piece of music for four hours requires focused attention, but it is nowhere near as cognitively demanding as a sleepover with 14-year-old girls. Managing status rivalries, negotiating group dynamics, understanding social norms, navigating the distinction between self and group — these and other social tests impose cognitive demands that blow away any intense tutoring session or a class at Yale.[/INDENT] |
MysticCat thank you for this. I'm giving a presentation/training next week on the complexities of assessing pragmatic language. I am going to include this (with credit to Brooks, of course).
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