Brains
I occasionally have insights into the human nature that are either wrong or better explained by someone else. This doesn't stop me from sharing them with you! For example:
When we are young and in school, most challenges of a physical nature are cooperative (football, volleyball, et cetera). In contrast, most challenges of a mental nature are competitive (test grades). This naturally conditions children to hate and distrust people smarter than them - they're the competitor, they're the enemy.
And then come the toilet dunkings and lack of socialness and people untrustable for a janitorial position as president scause they don't look threatening. And it aaall repeats on the next generation around!
When we are young and in school, most challenges of a physical nature are cooperative (football, volleyball, et cetera). In contrast, most challenges of a mental nature are competitive (test grades). This naturally conditions children to hate and distrust people smarter than them - they're the competitor, they're the enemy.
And then come the toilet dunkings and lack of socialness and people untrustable for a janitorial position as president scause they don't look threatening. And it aaall repeats on the next generation around!
posted by Zaratustra at
11:19 PM
3 Comments:
The physical challenges tend to be more zero-sum, though.
By
Kevan, at 5/16/2006 4:01 AM
We also had non coop sports like track, swimming, tether ball, racing, stuff like that. Also had coop intellect things. We had teams to do history/math/science games.
I guess every school is different.
Also man sorry about the toilet dunking.
Never experienced that.
By
Anonymous, at 5/18/2006 4:03 PM
IT WAS AN EXAMPLE
By
Zaratustra, at 5/31/2006 1:49 PM
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