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214 "Society should identify those children who have special talents and abilities and begin training them at an early age so that they can eventually excel in their areas of ability. Otherwise, these talents are likely to remain undeveloped."
I totally with the speaker insofar as gifted children should be identified and provided special education. Common sense and our experience inform us it is vital for a child that his or her inborn talent be explored. In addition , providing the gifted chances of utmost improvement benefit the society as a whole.
It is necessary and desirable to create a circumstance that is specially designed for inborn talents. First, because one’s childhood is the time he or she most easily be influenced and inspired; second, because there actually exists significant difference between the gifted and the average, yet innate genius may be buried unless in-time improvement is gained. Retrospect the early years when a child begins receiving information, with his fresh eyes, the neophyte naturally follows what is told by parents, unwittingly takes part in social activities, mimics adults and acquires his own basic abilities (e.g. language ability, aesthetical perception). Just like wet mud, a child’s personality is most easily to be molded and development. Therefore, we find it is telling that teenager university has been established in some countries, say, Russia and China, specially for qualified talents at their age of 13 or 14 as long as they are capable of learning much more and faster. More specifically, take chemistry major as an example, some committed teenagers could do experiments in university curriculum at ease while their peers find it painful to understand the composition of water. However, no chemist would excel if lacking of supportive environment- guidance and practice chances; after all talents alone could not build truly excellence. In a word, it makes a great difference once a child's potentials are truly developed at the personality-formulating stage.
From another angel, at societal level, to ensure a society benefit most from education, the young should be developed according to their individuality especially when showing special abilities. The ultimate ideal of education lies in providing children opportunities for their utmost development thereafter contributing meaningfully to the commonweal at large. We have long realized the greatness of genius. The artist Leonardo da Vinci and his peers in the Renaissance, how greatly they add meaning to human experience by the expression of humanism at the time; the musical prodigy Mozart, how inspiring his masterpieces for people living in the past and in contemporary world, just name a few. Fortunately, Vinci came into contact with prominent artists and began his artistic journey since his apprenticeship, and Mozart was taught to play the violin by his father and began composing before he was five. And until now their illuminating talents could still be appreciated by people throughout the world.
Admittedly, some problems are still open to deal with for providing specialized education. It is highly likely that the gifted may grow up with unbalanced improvement, that is indulgence in their interests and disregard on others. A young math whiz may find it extraordinarily hard in daily life communication, or a young poet may unbearably inferior in physical self-care. In this respect, it is better to relegate these problems to psychologists and pedagogic experts so as to ensure the satisfying outcome.
Conclusively, children especially those with special talents could be best developed when gaining chances for exploration in their inborn characteristics. A society which embrace a circumstance of identifying and training geniuses benefit most as far as commonweal at large concerned. |
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