a little more McLuhan (& maybe Pynchon)

[alice wellintown]

It takes skill and, while females may master the circle, a reflection
of the inner self (Erikson)  boys don't like circles yet and tend to
draw towers or big trees with giant creatures that spit fire and
destroy the towers. Given blocks, this pattern is almost universal.
One of the reasons boys don't read and write as much as we want them
to is because teachers in the lower grades, who are usually young
females or females anyway, discourage boys from writing and reading
and drawing because boy subjects frighten them.

On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 12:59 AM, David Payne <dpayne1912 at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> On Tue, 23 Aug 2011 11:20:05 -0500, David Morris (fqmorris at gmail.com)
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>> ...Given a crayon, one of the first forms a child draws is a closed
>> circle.
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> Not true. That takes considerable practice. At least for my kids.
>