After the kids are no longer toddlers, seems to me that a lot of people credit a kids' success to their inherent greatness (natural parental pride) or due to their father or teacher's influence (arrogant credit) and the mom is dishes and carpet cleaning material. If the kid is troubled, then perhaps the mother is visible again. Exception here: Thomas Edison. Homeschooled genius boy whose teacher said he was "unteachable". Probably true if the teacher was like any of the typical ones in schools around here. Thomas Edison's mom yanked him out of the claws of an arrogant mediocre teacher and allowed her kid to become as great as he could be by teaching him at home. Homeschoolers like me love Thomas Edison's educational journey, as it is affirming to us that we aren't completely insane and overprotective. Anyway...
I thought of this just now because I was off reading a bio of Andy Goldsworthy who is a famous guy now, close in age to me and his work came to mind as I was mulling over John Pfahl's work. So many visions through the eyes of men. Anyway, I got on to that linked page there on Wikipedia and to say I felt like I had been pants'd and peeved at the entry there on that guy would be an understatement. It reads that he is "The son of F. Allin Goldsworthy (1929–2001), former professor of applied mathematics at the University of Leeds." Absent is the fact that F. Allin Goldsworthy has miraculously mastered the ability to bear children, kind of like one of those all-in-one printer/scanner/photocopier machines. Wow. Not only is he a mathematician with prestige and clout, he made a baby sans the assistance of a woman. Miraculous.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment