I love this study. My kids went to a very small daycare (8 kids) and all of them were very different. They all learned to read before the age of 4, and do some basic math, but all of them turned out very different. While 3 of the 8 would up in different school districts than the other 5, they all got the same start and the same unbelievably spectacular daycare (not all of the same socioeconomic backgrounds).
That leads me to my question about external factors. When you're looking at a group from a lower socioeconomic demographic, there are a multitude of factors that come into play, which could be consequential in the outcome of these students.
-are there any parents, or adults, at home to help with homework?
-How many siblings are they competing with for attention, validation, space?
-what is home life like? Is it a loving family, is there abuse/drugs/crime?
-Did any of the kids participate in team sports? They've been known to help kids develop skills in leadership, team building, compassion, drive, positive attitude and more.
-What were their schools like? What were their curriculums?
-what kinds of personalities did these kids have? Introverted? Extroverted? Were they bullied/the bully? Were they confident or have low self esteem?
While a study can give a glimpse into outcomes, unless every external factor can be controlled, there is little that can be a absolute result of the factors that are controlled.
back to the daycare: we had a musical prodigy, a model, 2 engineers, a graphic designer, 2 teachers, and a nurse. Additionally, we had 1 ADHD, a depressed alcoholic, a broken back and subsequent addiction issues, a marriage at 24, one person overcame unbelievable physical odds to become a teacher, and a super successful creative who everyone thought was going to be a scientist.
I wonder what the researchers would say about them?
While no study such as this can be perfect it clearly points to many positive outcomes.
I think the researchers would say the preschool opportunities gave these kids a solid foundation during their early developmental years of birth to six. That’s when many unused synapses (probably not the best term but I think you get my meaning) they were born with atrophy. Six to puberty leads to sorting the remaining synapses based on environmental factors - like the ones you describe in your questions - as they move more and more into independence.
By the time kids are through puberty they have sorted the remaining synapses into an order that doesn’t change.
The point is that the birth through six developmental period lays the foundation for their future development. We all know no structure can be strong without a sound foundation.
One more thing to add to the mess in the Mid East is stranded Americans can’t count on the US embassy in Jerusalem to help them out. Haven’t seen anything about other affected countries but it’s likely the same since this bunch currently “in charge”, clearly isn’t.
I just saw the headline about the embassy. I’ve been busy today so am behind in everything that’s happened. Everyone involved in this catastrophic cluster f**k needs to be tried for war crimes. Netanyahu is already on the list. He should have lots of company. Everyone is impacted. That’s what you get when zealous fools are at the wheels of power.
I love this study. My kids went to a very small daycare (8 kids) and all of them were very different. They all learned to read before the age of 4, and do some basic math, but all of them turned out very different. While 3 of the 8 would up in different school districts than the other 5, they all got the same start and the same unbelievably spectacular daycare (not all of the same socioeconomic backgrounds).
That leads me to my question about external factors. When you're looking at a group from a lower socioeconomic demographic, there are a multitude of factors that come into play, which could be consequential in the outcome of these students.
-are there any parents, or adults, at home to help with homework?
-How many siblings are they competing with for attention, validation, space?
-what is home life like? Is it a loving family, is there abuse/drugs/crime?
-Did any of the kids participate in team sports? They've been known to help kids develop skills in leadership, team building, compassion, drive, positive attitude and more.
-What were their schools like? What were their curriculums?
-what kinds of personalities did these kids have? Introverted? Extroverted? Were they bullied/the bully? Were they confident or have low self esteem?
While a study can give a glimpse into outcomes, unless every external factor can be controlled, there is little that can be a absolute result of the factors that are controlled.
back to the daycare: we had a musical prodigy, a model, 2 engineers, a graphic designer, 2 teachers, and a nurse. Additionally, we had 1 ADHD, a depressed alcoholic, a broken back and subsequent addiction issues, a marriage at 24, one person overcame unbelievable physical odds to become a teacher, and a super successful creative who everyone thought was going to be a scientist.
I wonder what the researchers would say about them?
While no study such as this can be perfect it clearly points to many positive outcomes.
I think the researchers would say the preschool opportunities gave these kids a solid foundation during their early developmental years of birth to six. That’s when many unused synapses (probably not the best term but I think you get my meaning) they were born with atrophy. Six to puberty leads to sorting the remaining synapses based on environmental factors - like the ones you describe in your questions - as they move more and more into independence.
By the time kids are through puberty they have sorted the remaining synapses into an order that doesn’t change.
The point is that the birth through six developmental period lays the foundation for their future development. We all know no structure can be strong without a sound foundation.
One more thing to add to the mess in the Mid East is stranded Americans can’t count on the US embassy in Jerusalem to help them out. Haven’t seen anything about other affected countries but it’s likely the same since this bunch currently “in charge”, clearly isn’t.
One embassy was blown up! Cruises are also impacted.
I just saw the headline about the embassy. I’ve been busy today so am behind in everything that’s happened. Everyone involved in this catastrophic cluster f**k needs to be tried for war crimes. Netanyahu is already on the list. He should have lots of company. Everyone is impacted. That’s what you get when zealous fools are at the wheels of power.