Thanks

I would like to thank everyone for all of the support that has been offered. You all have been very thoughtful and encouraging.I wish everyone the best.

Quotes for the Young Ones

"If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shal have to begin with children." Mohandes Ghandi, political and spiritual leader in India

"Children are likely to live up to what you believe of them." Lady Bird Johnson, former U.S. first lady

"Children are our most valuable resources." Herbert Hoover, 31st U.S. president

"Hugs can do great amounts of good, especially for children." Princess Diana, Princess of Wales

http://www.compassion.com/child-advocacy/find-your-voice

Testing Intelligence

I'm very familiar with multiple intelligence theory, but a more influential tradition of mental testing was developed by Binet and his collaborator, Theodore Simon, in France. In 1094 the minister of public instruction in Paris named a commission to study or create tests that would insure that mentally retarded children received an adequate education. The minister was concerned that children were placed in classrooms for retarded children just because they had a behavior problem. Binet suggested the concept of a mental age or a measure of intelligence based on the average abilities of children of a certain age group (Cherry, Kendra, 2012).

In Africa for the past serveral years an investigated concept of intelligence in Africa hastaken place. Sternberg and Grigorenko have found that ideas about intelligence consists of four broad concepts: academic intelligence, social qualities, practical thinking, and the correlated with traditional Western measures of intelligence.

Benson, E. (3, February). Intelligence across America is showing how cultures and intelligence interact. Retrieved February 10, 2012, from http://www.apa.org/monitor/feb03/intelligence.aspx