This is the true story of scientific child prodigy, and former baby genius, Ainan Celeste Cawley, written by his father. It is the true story, too, of his gifted brothers and of all the Cawley family. I write also of child prodigy and genius in general: what it is, and how it is so often neglected in the modern world. As a society, we so often fail those we should most hope to see succeed: our gifted children and the gifted adults they become. Site Copyright: Valentine Cawley, 2006 +
Sorry to all who have commented in the past three days or so: I have been too busy to address the comments so none have been posted, until now. All the comments for "Straight Grandmother", Talia and "Futureisnow2030", have been posted. I shall endeavour in the next hour or two, to answer all of them - so if they don't have answers, from me, now, they should soon do so. Please be patient.
It is odd. Yet, ever since I posted about there being a "new silence" on this blog, in the form of a reduced number of comments, since I blocked anonymous comments, there have been no comments at all, on this blog. It seems that I have been misunderstood. That, of course, is the peril of written communication: there is only the word to inform us, without expression, gesture or clear intent. This can make one misinterpreted.
Labels: anonymity, blogging, comments, dialogue, getting the balance right, lack of courage, shyness, silence on the net, timidity
Some people have posted comments, recently, that I hadn't had time to address. Now, I have...well, most of them. So please look for an answer to your comment post, if you wish to find one.
There are a number of comments which I haven't had time to post, or write a reply to. I will try to attend to them in the next couple of days.
It has been brought to my attention, by a blog reader from America, that comment posts are going missing.
Labels: blog, blog reader, comments, internet failures, policy on comment posts
This is the true story of scientific child prodigy, and former baby genius, Ainan Celeste Cawley, written by his father. It is the true story, too, of his gifted brothers and of all the Cawley family. I write also of child prodigy and genius in general: what it is, and how it is so often neglected in the modern world. As a society, we so often fail those we should most hope to see succeed: our gifted children and the gifted adults they become. Site Copyright: Valentine Cawley, 2006 +
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As a child, I had many gifts...perhaps too many - and this leads to the characteristic problem many gifted children face: what to do, when there is so much you COULD do. I resolved the issue by doing each of them serially throughout my life. I had gifts in science, writing, art, music, acting and academia...and so my life has demonstrated each of these, at some time. However, in the modern world, those who specialize, and focus all their efforts on one thing, tend to win through. In the light of this I have written two books, which are being prepared for publication. I was a child in a time when being gifted was not something people spoke about: it was not a widely recognized situation - at least not in my background. Nothing special was done therefore, to help. It is my wish that all in that position, these days, receive the support that is needed, to become the best they can be. I have been an actor, a writer of two books, a government physicist, at age 17, the founding editor of an Arts magazine, at 22, and a performance artist whose work was covered by CNN (interviewer: Richard Blystone) and Reuters. However, my greatest achievement is to have fathered three sons.
