[quote=gratified3... Many mathematicians who made great contributions did so in young adulthood. That almost never happens in philosophy where life experience is almost required to think deeply about aesthetics or ethics. Many famous philosophers never wrote *anything* until 50 or so. I took math classes at university with math prodigies who were very young, but I never saw a 12 yo in my honors philosophy classes. [/quote]
Yes! And a math/science person can make 1 discovery early in life and then ride on that for their whole career. Or have 1 success and hundreds of failures and be considered a genius. For a writer or artist it usually takes a whole lifetime of work.
This discussion has inspired me to sign dd up for a weekend writing class. This is the area we have seen the most growth this year, so I hope she enjoys it. Plus its with a local resource we haven't taken advantage of yet.
BTW, my 7yo is reading the Tao Te Ching. Sounds like a philosphy class would be ideal!
