It's extremely well written, and definitely a cute story, but the lesson of the story doesn't really seem to have much to do with the story itself. Obviously someone in church forgot to mention that your talents only get cultivated with time and effort. What they told him in church wasn't wrong. In fact, I think the lesson the church was trying to teach is very important - to find your talents and put them to good use. But the lesson he took away from the whole episode was about how things you hear in church are not necessarily true (also a good lesson, but sort of irrelevant in this case).
For me, the more interesting point of the story is how children think, and how what seems totally logical to a child is completely insane to an adult. :)
It's extremely well written, and definitely a cute story, but the lesson of the story doesn't really seem to have much to do with the story itself. Obviously someone in church forgot to mention that your talents only get cultivated with time and effort. What they told him in church wasn't wrong. In fact, I think the lesson the church was trying to teach is very important - to find your talents and put them to good use. But the lesson he took away from the whole episode was about how things you hear in church are not necessarily true (also a good lesson, but sort of irrelevant in this case).
Actually, I don't think this is contrary to his point -- I think that the omission of a message of time and effort was a pretty serious one, because I think that without that bit, it's a completely different message. It makes it seem more about fate than about achievement. Lies of omission still being lies, or at least poor truths, &c, &c.
But yeah, I think what interested me the most was the developmental aspect as well -- not necessarily the craziness of his idea (though that was cute!) but the way that moment sort of crystallized a change in how he thought about the world. I love those moments.
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Date: 2006-06-16 03:38 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-06-16 05:34 pm (UTC)For me, the more interesting point of the story is how children think, and how what seems totally logical to a child is completely insane to an adult. :)
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Date: 2006-06-16 08:11 pm (UTC)Actually, I don't think this is contrary to his point -- I think that the omission of a message of time and effort was a pretty serious one, because I think that without that bit, it's a completely different message. It makes it seem more about fate than about achievement. Lies of omission still being lies, or at least poor truths, &c, &c.
But yeah, I think what interested me the most was the developmental aspect as well -- not necessarily the craziness of his idea (though that was cute!) but the way that moment sort of crystallized a change in how he thought about the world. I love those moments.