There are clear cut guidelines that help us composing an analysis (content/literary analysis) of certain poem like who is the speaker in the poem?; what are the observations about the poem?s form?; how does its form contribute to its meaning?; does the poem use any metaphor?; what does it suggest about the poem theme and what is the significant human experience does the poem wishes to illustrate?; sometimes the format as to the size of paper to be used; the spacing for typing,font and length of the analysis paper are prescribed.
?On Turning Ten? is a poem written by Billy Collins. My daughter Yannah (she is 15 years old and in her junior year in High School) enjoyed it not only because it is one of their materials for her English class but she indeed loves analyzing and reacting to things that gives her an object for her mental calisthenics. I noticed lately that she loves to write and she derives pleasure from communicating her thoughts through writing. Here is how she analyzed and interpreted the poem (unedited).
A Smooth Life or a Rough One
Do you still remember the day you turned ten? The very moment you stepped at 4th or 5th grade and started studying the regions of our country and expounded interpretations of nouns, pronouns and verbs? ?On Turning Ten?, written in free verse by an award winning poet Billy Collins shares with us the persona?s struggle and unpreparedness with the various changes he is undergoing as he reaches his 10th year and starting anew.
The set of good words that he chose to be part of this poem gave uncommon wisdom and deep strike to the readers? hearts. His way of expressing the persona?s sentiments by using cases to support the occurrences in his childhood paved way for the readers to visualize and feel his character. Sorted in 5 strophes, he showed his deep objection of leaving childhood?s greatness and entering the 1st year of difficulties.
Started the poem by comparing turning ten to ??something worse/than any stomach ache/or the headaches I get/from reading in bad light?? showed the persona?s heartbreaking perspective towards the whole idea of facing a new and more exploring-making chapter in his life. Using ?flashback? as technique, it brought us to how good life was to him during his first years of vitality. But as he encounters the 10th year and the deeper side of his whole existence, he then said to himself ?This/is/the beginning of sadness?. It evokes his dilemma and questioning of why we have to have our own share of ups and downs and not just happy-happy-joy-joy and are obliged to forget about the happy and silly life we have been get used to.
In the other way, come to think of it, haven?t we all dreamt of just being a kid forever? When we all just have to fool around and forget all the problems we are facing? When all we have to do is cry when we bleed and just wait for somebody to stand us up? It is like we are in between smooth and rough. If you were to choose, what do you prefer? A smooth life as a kid--that all you have to do is go with the flow and eat candies or a rough life as an adult? with piles of work, deadlines and creating your own destiny? We?ve got only one life. We must treasure every bit of it. Cause really, we can never turn back time.
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I posted this because I?d like to give everyone the experience of going into deep thoughts, the experience of wanting to read something that you don?t know what --because reading is an ultimate prelude of your enthusiasm to discover something. I intentionally refrain from posting the poem for a reason that is to encourage everyone to give reading a try, look for your own material that interests you; and the feeling of longing and searching for something you want to read is a signal that you want to enrich your knowledge and discover something new today. The point I want to stress is that, for you to feel the need to read, internalize the necessity to look for something beneficial to venture into. I would be happy to know that after going through my daughter?s interpretation of this poem, many of you will try to look for this material or something else to read and ponder with.
To my Mom and Dad:
1. Please don't spoil me. I know quite well that I ought not to have all I ask for - I am only testing you.
2. Do not be afraid to be firm with me. I prefer it. It makes me feel secure.
3. Do not let me form bad habits. I have to rely on you to detect them in the early stages.
4. Do not make me feel smaller than I am. It only makes me behave stupidly "big".
5. Do not correct me in front of people if you can help it. I'll take much more notice if you talk quietly with me in the private.
6. Do not make me feel that my mistakes are sins. It upsets my sense of values.
7. Do not protect me from consequences. I need to learn the painful way sometimes.
8. Do not be too upset when i say "I hate You." Sometimes it isn't you I hate but your power to thwart me.
9. Do not take too much notice of my small ailments. Sometimes they get me the attention I need.
10. Don't nag. If you do, I shall have to protect myself by appearing deaf.
11. Don't forget that i cannot explain myself as well as I should like. That is why I am not always accurate.
12. Don't put me off when I ask questions. If you do, you will find that I stop asking and seek my information elsewhere.
13. Don't be inconsistent. That completely confuses and makes me lose faith in you.
14. Don't tell me my fears are silly. They are terribly real and you can do much to reassure me if you try to understand.
15. Don't ever suggest that you are perfect or infallible. It gives me too great shock when I discover that you are neither.
16. Don't ever think that it is beneath your dignity to apologize to me. An honest apology makes me feel surprisingly warm towards you.
17. Don't forget I love experimenting. I couldn't get along without it, so please, put up with it.
18. Don't forget how quickly I am growing up. It must be very difficult for you to keep pace with me, but please do try.
19. Don't forget that I don't thrive without lots of love and understanding. But I don't need to tell you, do I?
20. Please keep yourself fit and healthy. I need you.
I have been into reading articles about social graces and etiquette, industry and trade ventures and social gatherings, though I am mostly not into social functions lately. I came across with an article about executive cocktail parties and some sort of corporate gatherings and I had the thought of how important a business card is to that certain community. I remembered an article about a feng shui expert discussing how to make a calling card work in our advantage so I decided to share some of it hence if we get to try them, I guess we have nothing to loose.
Although just a small piece of paper, a business card can be a powerful marketing and communication tool. If it is properly designed according to the principles of feng shui, you can obtain positive energies from it.
Shape
A rectangular card may look old-fashioned and ordinary but this shape is the most ideal because the rectangle, specifically the horizontal one indicates strength and stability. Avoid using odd shaped like triangles and diamonds.
Colors
Keeping it neat and simple already makes your card auspicious. An off-white background with black type not only looks elegant, it also projects an aura of luck. You may also have the black portion of the card printed with bright colors that appeal to you. This indirectly provides solid support to your company or career.
Layout
Ideally, your name should be at the center of your card, and nothing else would be directly above it including the company or business logo. Otherwise whatever is placed above your name will symbolically weigh you down and hamper your success.
Your title or position and the company name, address, and other information should be neatly positioned under your name to provide you with a strong foundation and support.
If there is a need for you to include a list of products or services you offer, print them at the back or inside if the card is folded.
Folds
Accordion folds in calling cards are not advisable. Neither is double door- like flaps that open in the middle. Accordion folds seem to convey that you and your career or business are in a tight squeeze or will eventually have to fold up. By virtue of the way the twin flaps are opened, which is towards the client or reader, that type of fold implies that prospective clients are being pushed away.
Logos
Logos and insignias must be enclosed only by round, square; diamond shaped or pyramid shaped borders. Do not use inverted triangular, irregular and double lined borders. The first two suggest instability and irregularity; the latter, lack of dynamism.
Font
In choosing font or type of lettering for your name, go for the longhand or printed block types. A font that is upright or leaning slightly to the right speaks of progress and continuous movement towards good fortune in the near future. An upward tail-like stroke at the end of the letter of your name implies success in the future.The font size of your name on the business card must be bigger that that of your title or position, but a bit smaller that your company or business name. This creates visual balance and adheres to the correct hierarchy in the universe.
Storage
Cards should be kept in a holder inside your wallet, separate from your money and your bills. If the cards are stored in one of those handy cards cases, keep the case in an easily accessible pocket or compartment of your bag. Carry a few more cards than you need. It is better to have extras than to have none at all when a great opportunity presents itself. The ideal numbers of cards you may have with you are nine(9), ten(10), fourteen(14), seventeen(17), and twenty one(21).
Presenting
With two hands, offer your card front side up and upright, facing the client. Your left hand should have a firmer hold on the card than your right hand to transfer positive energy from your pulse to the card and then to the receiver, thus ensuring a positive transaction or communication.
Finally, carrying your business cards with pride and honor generates positive chi. Therefore, be happy and confident every time you give it away.
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? I have learned that an internationally accepted way of presenting your calling card is by handing it facing upward with your name facing the recipient.
? When receiving a calling card, you must read it and must not keep the card immediately upon receiving it or upon reading it.
? For as long as you are in conversation with the person who gave it, the card should remain visible, face up and only kept once the conversation has ended.
? Always keep your calling cards in a card case. This saves you the ineptness of having to pull your wallet and find your card amidst your money and other papers.
Happy Father?s Day!
"Any man can be a father.
It takes someone special to be a dad."
Author Unknown
?Every father should remember... that one day his son
will follow his example... instead of his advice.?
"My father gave me the greatest gift...
anyone could give another person, he believed in me."
Jim Valvano
"The most important thing a father can do for his children...
is to love their mother."
Rev. Theodore Hesburgh
To all the dads out there, do you have the guts to take the challenge? Let?s see if you have all of them checked otherwise you have to take the subject again?Dad 101 (5 units).
1. Do I have a sense of supportive partnership with my wife?
2. Do I frequently talk with my wife about our children?s character, strengths and weaknesses?
3. Do I think long-term about our children?s future as grown-up men and women?
4. Do I frequently discuss things with my children?
5. Do I listen to my children as well?
6. Do I keep television watching to a minimum?
7. Am I confident of my authority?
8. Do I see discipline not as a punishment or mere behavior-control but rather a means of building my children self-control?
9. Do I have a number of close friends?
10. Do I have a profound and active religious faith?
11. Do I reach my children that real happiness doesn?t come from wealth and power?
12. Do I put my family?s welfare ahead of my job?
 Food for thought:
l. How often do I think seriously about what strength of character my children see in me-in the way I habitually live faith, hope, charity, sound judgment, sense of responsibility, personal toughness and self-discipline?
2. Where, in their daily lives, do the kids see attractive examples of the opposites of these: religious indifference and materialism, despair and self-doubt, selfishness, sloppy thinking, immaturity and irresponsibility, softness, self-indulgence?
3. How could, in the future, above weaknesses affect the stability and happiness of their marriage? Are they headed for trouble?
4. How much do the children know about my work? Do they understand how I have to exercise strength of character in earning a living?
5. Whom do the children respect and admire and why?
6. In what circumstances do the children see me show respect for others- in religious practice, public courtesy and good manners?
7. Do the children show enough respect and appreciation for their mother?
8. Are the kids aware that their mother is the #1 person in my life?
9. Is there a sense of ?family honor? and ?family name? among our children?
10. How many hours of television do the children watch each week? What sort of television personalities do they admire?
11. What could the children be learning if their TV time went into other activities like reading, music lessons, visiting the elderly, planning and executing projects?
12. If the TV stops functioning as baby-sitter at home, how can I help my wife with the increased responsibility of keeping the kid?s mind constructively occupied?
13. Do the children?s sport activities induce active bodies but passive minds?
14. To whom do the kids look for a model for adult-level strength and competence- to me or to celebrities of the entertainment industry?
15. Am I able to get down to the kids? level? But am I careful not to stay there? Do I lift them up to my level?
16. Do the kids see me proud and honored by the strengths of character that I see growing inside them?
(The checklist and the above questions were excerpt from the book ?Successful Fathers? by James B. Stenson)
If you are an absentee or a defaulting daddy, you are the best producer and director of a modern day family tragedy. According to research, an emotionally or physically absent daddy contributes to the child?s low self-esteem; low motivation for achievement and inability to defer immediate gratification for later rewards; and susceptibility to group influence and to juvenile delinquency. It also noteworthy that an authority (masculine) figure in the household has a great influence in child?s formation of self- identity.It was also reiterated in one of Jonh Hopkins University researches that young, white teenage girls living in fatherless families were 60% prone to premarital intercourse than those living in two-parents home.
Like what I have promised, here is a simple analysis of how my children cope with the development of different intelligences and when they started to manifest the growth and how they progressed into a full blown capabilities. I made it a point to support every endeavor I find them interested in; from sports to music, mathematics to biology and so on. It is very important to personally take part in their everyday undertakings and eventually find their interests and tendencies. Take this as a guide in formulating a support program for your own children to enhance their intelligences.
Linguistic:
Enjoys reading, likes English and history subjects, easy to write and express ideas, likes to tell stories, keeps a diary and participates in debates and elocution contests like extemporaneous speeches, oratorical and declamation and to include spelling bee contests
Yannah enjoys reading short stories, magazines and inspirational books, she can express her thoughts quite well too; she enjoys sharing her day to day endeavors and she keeps a planner (I was thinking it?s the new generation?s diary, I don?t know but it looks like a diary to me but she calls it a planner). I remember she was about two years old then when she started to manifest her passion for reading. I noticed also that she writes her compositions very well with depth and she can play with her words with ease.
Alexis enjoys reading too, he reads children magazines, short stories and of course those stories for their book report. He can write short stories quite well too so as poems. He got an award in a contest in his Filipino subject when he was in grade 6. They were asked to make original composition about a legend/folklore. His composition won third place. He hold awards in English too, he?s a consistent awardee for being the ?Best in Language and Reading? during his grade school days. He was the champion in Spelling Bee when he was in Grade 6.
 Alexis (Gr. 6)
Logical-Math:
Can compute numbers in head, enjoys solving puzzles that requires reasoning, likes step by step directions, likes playing chess or other strategy games, likes to put things in order, enjoys science experiments
My children excel in this subject matter while this is my Achilles? heel. Yannah performs very well in this subject while she was in Grade School; she was part of every contest in school with regard to numbers. She now belongs to the selected few who composed the so called ?Program of Excellence in Mathematics? at Miriam College High School.
Alexis has a very good grasp of numbers too. I reckon, he showed his inclinations in math when he can multiply 3 digit numbers in his mind when he was 5 years old (without the aid of paper and pen). I was surprised when he got 100% grade in his report card in his math subject when he was in grade 5. He was the Best in Math all throughout his grade school days. He plays chess well too that earned him a silver medal; and a bronze medalist in Games of the Generals (both involve strategy formulation). I asked them if they like their Science lessons and they both replied in the positive, Yannah is enjoying the high school experiments.
 Alexis (Gr. 5)
? I started introducing them to numbers at age 1, we count everything (like their toys, sometimes the birds that flew over our window pane, eating utensils and many more) at home and I have a penchant for posting charts about numbers on their rooms to include table of multiplication. Every wall in their rooms had a poster of letters, words, numbers and they have a white board where they can write or draw anything they want to.
Spatial:
Likes to draw, tends to take things apart and put back together, likes to play with lego, likes to build three dimensional constructions, sees visual images when eyes closed, likes to doodle
Yannah is enjoying what her hands can do with arts and crafts. She expresses her feelings with painting too. She asked me if she can do some in her door?s room so I agreed and it was nice. A week ago she surprised me with her acrylic painting; her interpretation of a beautiful sunset. Well, nice for a beginner without any formal learning in painting.
 Sunset
Acrylic Painting by Yannah
I found out Alexis can draw some nice cartoon characters. I was cleaning his room sometime back when I saw an old notebook with lots of drawings; cartoon characters we see on television like Goku and those in the Computer games. I was laughing at one of his drawings, it was like a comics loaded with drawings and conversation. I think he made that when he was in Grade 3. They both played Lego with enthusiasm and up to now, we still have those pieces in few boxes.
Bodily-Kinesthetic:
Likes to run, swim, bike; enjoys sports and outdoor games, likes working with tools, enjoys making things with hand, can mimic other people?s mannerisms, can express emotions through dance
My daughter enjoys the water, she started her swimming lessons when she was 5 years old and she swims well but she?s not into competitive swimming. Oh well, I can?t swim, their mean mom is hydrophobic. She tried tennis too and she enjoyed it. They both like sports. Yannah?s passion for dancing is insurmountable. When she was about four or five years old, she had her own cassette tape packed in her things when attending parties so she can be sure that she can dance to her favorite beat. She dances gracefully; her zeal for jazz punk and street dance is simply amazing. I remember one of her teachers in Grade school told me to indulge into developing her talent in dancing for she dances very well and this medium can bring her to places. She was a member of MCGS Pep Squad and the team captain when she was in Grade 7. She will be having her dance recital a week from now, I?m going to update with some pictures.
Alexis, a typical growing kid indulges very much in sports. He started playing basketball at two years old in his room; broaden his horizon and enrolled at Best Center (scientific basketball lessons) at age 6 and been playing there every summer. He plays table tennis well too, earned gold for that; he?s good with billiard also; his dad gave him a billiard table as an incentive for being the first honor when he was in grade 2.
? My children has a great ardor for sports and they enrolled in formal lessons to fully enhance their potentials, basketball, swimming, tennis and I personally teach them what I have been playing like chess, billiard, table tennis, games of the generals and volleyball. I enjoy playing with Alexis, I noticed his raging enthusiasm to beat me in the hard court and he succeeded. He is the kind of person who always gives his best in everything he does. Yannah can play basketball also but she?s exceptionally a dancer than a basketball player.
Musical:
Listens to music even when working, sings a lot, remembers melodies of songs, enjoys playing with instruments and knows when tune is off key, like watching musicals
?Guitar players are hot!? ? yes, my daughter is a hot guitar player. She?s a music lover, like what she had written in one of her compositions, ?My guitar and I speak the language of my real self, true, warm and affectionate.? She carry good tune too. I love to watch her perform with her band in some of their gigs. She was 12 years old when she finds playing instruments a worthwhile hobby.
Alexis develops his fervor in playing instruments when he was 11 years old; he can play the drums and now he?s into guitar. He can sing too and I am looking forward to enjoy the front seat when he and his band perform sometime soon.
? It is important for them to feel that we, parents support them in their worthwhile activities. When Yannah told me that she wanted to learn how to play guitar, we immediately enrolled her to guitar lessons so as with alexis, he had his drums lessons last year and his guitar lessons last summer.
 Yannah in one of her band?s gigs
Interpersonal:
Likes to play other kids, prefers being with friends than being alone, gives advice to friends, is into extracurricular activities and clubs and gets involved in social issues and causes
My daughter is now part of a big organization called ?Youth for Christ?, it is actually a club she joined in school and she?s very active in it. And she has many friends who became mine also; some slept over here in the house and became very close to me. I remember I went with them in a movie and strolled in the mall; I find myself like a bodyguard watching their every move, but it was fun and we enjoyed each others company.
As for Alexis, he has some friends too; we went out together as a family. The friendship became a family matter. Now that he?s in high school (first year high school at AdMU), I am positive that his friends will eventually be my friends also just like that of Yannah?s. He involved himself in scouting when he was in Grade School. He enjoyed the camping and its accompanying activities, he went out with his friends, hanging around computer hubs somewhere near their school on Fridays and Saturdays. He enjoys swimming and other sports activities with his friends during summer and weekends.
Intrapersonal:
Needs quiet place to work, is independent, must believe on something to work on, has collection of things that have special significance in personal life, meditation and reflection are rewarding, interested in knowing about ancient and modern philosophers
Well, as to the need for a quiet place to work, I noticed that my children do their assignments and their things with the television on and sounds of band songs playing; I myself couldn?t imagine how they can cope with that but it works with them. The multi tasking thing is simply stunning. My daughter is an example of an independent child at an early age; she do her assignments by herself; cleans her room, indulge in some crafts alone like cross stitching without asking mom for some help. Now she goes everywhere without the driver, no she doesn?t drive, she takes the ride by herself and she?s enjoying the feeling of doing things by herself. She does her things like an adult. And she?s very responsible, she makes sure that she?s worthy of my trust. Yeah, she collects everything with sentimental value, from a chocolate wrapper to a piece of letter or note and keeps them in her planner.
Alexis don?t keep a planner or collects things like that of Yannah. He only collects toys and play cards. Like his sister, he do his things by himself also, never did he ask me to make his assignments except for some minor details of projects which involves crocheting and sewing. I find this boy always busy with something; he?s good at making himself busy with anything he finds interesting.
Naturalist:
Enjoys nature, likes to collect rocks, shells, etc.; likes hiking, camping; keeps records of observation about nature, is fascinated about animals, enjoys botany, zoology, biology
We all love the beach, camping and going outdoors. We don?t keep records by writing what we see and how we appreciate nature, but we remember nice things about them and of course we take pictures. I remember sometime back, Yannah was 10 years old, we went to a beach and she collected some nice shells and rocks. To her dismay, she wasn?t allowed to bring them home because the airport customs officer confiscated them. Her dad talked to authorities to let her daughter bring a few and they allowed her. She was very happy and up to now, all what she had taken were still displayed in our aquarium. Yannah is an animal lover, she likes dogs, she was fascinated with bears like what we?ve seen in Hong Kong Conservation Park, and she was very amazed. Yannah is at ease with her Biology subject, she finds it enjoyable. Alexis likes dogs too, but not as pretty much like Yannah. I don?t see Alexis interested in rocks and shells and other collectibles of the same kind. This is for now, nobody knows, there is still much time to develop their fondness for nature.
Intelligence is defined in its simplest as the ?ability to learn and understand experiences thereby handling and responding to new situations and solving problems successfully.? It does not only entail academic performance in school; rather includes strengths and inclinations in different aspects of human life. The theory of multiple intelligence was developed by psychologist, Dr. Howard Gardner, who in fact, added another intelligence to the list, making it eight. Here are the eight intelligences that make up the range of human potential:
 Linguistic- also called Word Smart. This refers to the ability to speak, entertain, persuade, and instruct thru the use of words. These are people who know how to use language to their advantage. They enjoy word games; have the facility for rhyme, assonance and alliteration to create poetry, essays or novels. They love to write and so they love to read. This is the most universal of all intelligences. Examples of people with this intelligence are journalists, poets, lawyers, story tellers, teachers, and speakers.
 Logical-Mathematical Intelligence- also called Number Reasoning Smart. This refers to the ability to work with numbers, to think with reason, to see cause and effect. This intelligence relates to logical, mathematical and scientific abilities. People with this intelligence are scientists, mathematicians, computer people, physicians, and astronomers.
 Spatial Intelligence- also called Picture Smart. This intelligence refers to ability to visualize and translate details by drawing or sketching. This requires looking at the world and being able to remember, process images in the mind, and create a representation in actuality. A blank sheet of paper will turn into a picture of vibrant garden, a tranquil landscape or exquisite sunrise. Pieces of materials will be transformed into a picturesque mosque or a wonderful edifice. People with this intelligence are painters, artists, designers, cartoonist, architects, photographers, surgeons, pilots, engineers and sculptors.
 Musical Intelligence- also called Music Smart. This refers to the ability to hear musical tones in the mind, translate them accordingly and produce sounds, rhythms and melodies. People with this intelligence are singers, composers, instrumentalists and composers.
 Bodily Kinesthetic- also called Body Smart. This intelligence refers to the ability to control ones body movements or the ability to handle objects skillfully. People with this intelligence are acrobats, swimmers, athletes, mechanics, surgeons, dancers, jugglers, actors.
 Interpersonal Intelligence- also called People Smart. This refers to the capacity to understand and work with people. This also deals to the ability to relate with other people?s moods, feelings, motivation and desires. People with this intelligence are negotiators, politicians, teachers, religious leaders, nurses, care givers, and those who provide service to others.
 Intrapersonal Intelligence- also called Self Smart. This refers to intelligence of inner self. This highlights the ability to distinguish feelings like pleasure and pain, joy and sorrow, helplessness and angst. People with this intelligence are counselors, theologians, therapists, sages, psychologists, philosophers.
Naturalistic Intelligence- this refers to the ability to understand, relate, categorize, classify and cultivate things in nature. People with this intelligence are farmers, ranchers, gardeners, animal handlers.
The most common intelligences are Linguistic Intelligence and Logical ? Mathematical Intelligence. However, it is important to note that one cannot simply focus on one or two intelligences only because a person is a unique combination of various intelligences. It is worth noting that the various intelligences emerge at different periods of growth. It is also rare that an individual develops mastery of six or more intelligences at the same time.
There must be balance in developing the various intelligences to enable the person to work, to live with others, and to face challenges that come his way. The ultimate test is how one makes use of these intelligences to benefit himself and his environment.
Let us distinguish them from one another and try to analyze where you and your kids are most inclined.
Linguistic:
Enjoys reading, likes English and history subjects, easy to write and express ideas, likes to tell stories, keeps a diary and participates in debates and elocution contests like extemporaneous speeches, oratorical and declamation and to include spelling bee contests
Logical-Math:
Can compute numbers in head, enjoys solving puzzles that requires reasoning, likes step by step directions, likes playing chess or other strategy games, likes to put things in order, enjoys science experiments
Spatial:
Likes to draw, tends to take things apart and put back together, likes to play with lego, likes to build three dimensional constructions, sees visual images when eyes closed, likes to doodle
Bodily-Kinesthetic:
Likes to run, swim, bike; enjoys sports and outdoor games, likes working with tools, enjoys making things with hand, can mimic other people?s mannerisms, can express emotions through dance
Musical:
Listens to music even when working, sings a lot, remembers melodies of songs, enjoys playing with instruments and knows when tune is off key, like watching musicals
Interpersonal:
Likes to play other kids, prefers being with friends than being alone, gives advice to friends, is into extracurricular activities and clubs and gets involved in social issues and causes
Intrapersonal:
Needs quiet place to work, is independent, must believe on something to work on, has collection of things that have special significance in personal life, meditation and reflection are rewarding, interested in knowing about ancient and modern philosophers
Naturalist:
Enjoys nature, likes to collect rocks, shells, etc.; likes hiking, camping; keeps records of observation about nature, is fascinated about animals, enjoys botany, zoology, biology
? This is a product of my research about intelligence because I was curious about my two kids? stages of development. I would like to know the explanations on why they are alike in some things despite their gender difference and age gap. I would like also to ascertain points where I could help them develop their potentials. It is exciting to know who among them is excelling in what field and why. My daughter Yannah is 15 years old and my son Alexis will be 13 years old several days from now. I will expound on my personal analysis of their intelligences and in what stage of their growth they have developed such in my forthcoming blog. I hope this article will help us, parents, in such a way that we could formulate support system to develop fully our kids? intellectual abilities.
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