In a message dated 97-05-20 12:16:01 EDT, you write:
<< >>In a message dated 97-05-14 09:18:31 EDT, you write:
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>><< military strategy on both sides that I could have beaten when I was 12,
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>>On the same vein as a recent post of mine, age has little or nothing to do
>>with maturity. You want some proof? read "Ender's Game" by Orson Scott
Card.
>>Andrew Wiggin, the protagonist, destroys an entire species (almost) at the
>>age of 10 (I think)
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>Talia,
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>As I remember, this protagonist wasn't an ordinary kid, though. A fine but
>important point.
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>-Sean
Not to put too fine a point on it, but also remember that ENDER'S GAME is
not proof--it's fiction! To prove that kids are competent using fiction
makes as much sense as "proving" that you don't need to go to high school
because George Jefferson on the JEFFERSONS was a success and he didn't
finish high school.
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Let me clear something up: I meant "proof" as in in the context of science
fiction, not as actual "proof" proof. I probably should have worded that
differently. Anyway, what I'm trying to say is that I'm appalled at all of
the ageism on this list. Remember when you were 15 and no one listened to
you? Or even cared?
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