I was reading about when children are ready to go to school and in the Middle Ages, they were deemed ready when they passed the apple test: they had to have enough foresight to choose a coin over an apple. Weird.
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3 years ago
argh! i have always hated the marshmallow experiment. i'm not entirely sure why, except that - while i understand its benefit(?) of "measuring" self-control, i can't help but think of the test proctors as these sinister, snotty, more-restrained-than-thou people nodding to themselves all like "silly child, can't you resist immediate gratification? i can resist it SO MUCH MORE than you, ha ha ha!"
ReplyDeletei understand. really. but there's this part of me that reacts to the marshmallow experiment by thinking the child who is just like "you know what? i want the marshmallow" is the winner. i mean, who knows if they will actually give you more marshmallows if you wait. don't give in to their scheme!
as far as that middle ages test, strange. who would use apples instead of marshmallows? just kidding. i wonder if there were ever kids who were like "oh, i've figured this out. i don't want to go to school, so i'll just keep taking the apple."
love,caro