Re: Hapworth
James J Rovira (jrovira@juno.com)
Wed, 19 May 1999 17:05:50 -0400 (EDT)
Being the father of four children (two boys and two girls), I have to
completely disagree. :) No, they're not "smarter" than I am. They just
think they are and every time they screw up I let them know they're not
:). That way, next time, they'll listen and maybe not screw up so badly.
I suppose my biggest problem with Hapworth really was style. The kid
was entirely too literate, too large a vocabulary. Even for Mensa
material.
I do say this having witnessed some remarkable clarity and insight on the
part of my girls in some areas, but as we speak my oldest girl is trying
to light the gas stove and the prospect is scaring the Holy BeJesus out
of me.... :)
brb...
Jim
On Tue, 18 May 1999 19:35:28 -0400 (EDT) LOBSTER911@aol.com writes:
>Everyone is saying they want kids to be kids, but after reading
>Hapworth I
>identified so much with Seymour when he was seven from the time when I
>was
>seven. Also, I was ahead of Boo-Boo in literacy. So aside from
>writing
>style, I don't think his portrayal of children is that unrealistic.
>Children
>are usually not credited with the competence they deserve. I remember
>in
>third grade thinking to myself. "I feel completely conscious in my
>mind. I
>am not a clueless and unreflective little being as eight year olds are
>
>usually thought of as." In not so many words. Every year I'd check
>myself
>and when the third graders started to look very young, I remembered
>that I
>thought when I was eight. Don't sell children short, they're smarter
>than
>you are.
>-MW
>
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