Nice people thread part 3- Nice as pie

treliac

SingleSue wrote: »

Oh she was, a typical east end girl.

She sounds like Catherine Tate's 'Nan'. Which of your parents was she mum to? She doesn't sound like either of them as you've described them.

SingleSue

She was my mum's mum...and we often say the same about Catherine Tate's 'nan', except my nan was not at all racist.

My father's mum did not approve of her at all....she was the middle class one.

Mum is a lot quieter than my nan but still has her sense of humour and could never do the can can like nan could...but nan was told when she was 14 that she wouldn't live to see 15 due to a heart condition, so she set out to enjoy her life to the full before she died.

She was almost 91 when she died.

SingleSue

Further news - Youngest's peak flows have stabilised today, still a bit decreased but out of the danger zones.

Fingers crossed they stay that way.

treliac

SingleSue wrote: »

Further news - Youngest's peak flows have stabilised today, still a bit decreased but out of the danger zones.

DD's are now much better and 'managed' by careful use of her preventer. Have you/your youngest had good asthma support and guidance on how to maximise stability?

Davesnave

treliac wrote: »

You have a 'reputation' with us ladies to maintain now Davesnave.

Not really. I am not the touchy-feely type, except with DW of course, who'd probably call me the gropey-leery type.

But, as I always tell her, the time to worry is when I stop!:rotfl:

SingleSue

treliac wrote: »

DD's are now much better and 'managed' by careful use of her preventer. Have you/your youngest had good asthma support and guidance on how to maximise stability?

Oh yes...unfortunately, my sister came over for dad's birthday sporting a heavy cold, a heavy cold which had had an adverse impact on her own asthma.

Youngest caught it.

He is generally quite well managed but colds really do put him out despite a good control and regular check ups. He is not the strongest of children, as a baby and due to being born early, he developed bronchiolitis quite severely.

vivatifosi

treliac wrote: »

This sounds to be about intellectual intelligence rather than emotional intelligence.

I once had a lecturer who insisted that if someone was intelligent it followed that they would be capable in all academic areas.

Total codswallop as is sooooo obvious.

No, its about all different types of skills that people need to be good at. For example take Wayne Rooney or David Beckham. Neither of those are likely to be thought of as having high IQ, the former certainly couldn't be said to have high EQ either, but they both clearly have foot-eye coordination skills and a perceptive ability to see where a ball will be that the average person will not have in addition to their fitness. Although this is not a traditional view of intelligence, clearly they have skills in that area that others do not.

Gardner initially listed his seven forms of intelligence as:
intelligences' (Gardner 1999: 41-43).
Linguistic intelligence involves sensitivity to spoken and written language, the ability to learn languages, and the capacity to use language to accomplish certain goals.
Logical-mathematical intelligence consists of the capacity to analyze problems logically, carry out mathematical operations, and investigate issues scientifically.
Musical intelligence involves skill in the performance, composition, and appreciation of musical patterns.
Bodily-kinesthetic intelligence entails the potential of using one's whole body or parts of the body to solve problems.
Spatial intelligence involves the potential to recognize and use the patterns of wide space and more confined areas.
Interpersonal intelligence is concerned with the capacity to understand the intentions, motivations and desires of other people.
Intrapersonal intelligence entails the capacity to understand oneself, to appreciate one's feelings, fears and motivations.

http://www.infed.org/thinkers/gardner.htm

In the case of the latter two, he's touching on territory used by Goleman. I don't think EQ doesn't exist btw, I just don't like Goleman's way of writing about it.

Since his initial work on the subject Gardner has gone on to ask if there are other intelligences as well, some of which he has identified evidence for and others for which he has said there may be a case, but no evidence. Although his work has been criticised by some for having a subjective element which Gardner himself acknowledges, what he says is really putting a framework in place for what a good teacher already knows: that children are different and have a multiplicity of skills and that to bring out the best in each and every one of them you need to focus on different parts of their skill sets.

lemonjelly

PasturesNew wrote: »

That's the bit I've always been quite good at .... the bit I've always been lacking is "producing an actual product, an item, for sale". Long-term I don't believe there's money for "people like me" to ponce about writing fluff .... technologies are moving and changing, one needs a "thing to sell".

Surely in the modern day, information is one of the biggest assets a person or organisation can have?

A "thing to sell" doesn't have to be a tangiable thing...;)

lemonjelly

treliac wrote: »

This is one of my favourites! Goleman has written some others but this one is the best imo.

EI should be mandatory teaching in school.

Interesting - thanks for posting a view contrary to the others treliac!:)

fc123 :wave: a wave back to you! I do hope all is well. I shall await your book recommendation with a little eagerness!

I fell off the wagon. (or )
I ended up reading this:


Despite the bold claims on the cover, I read this knowing that current evidence suggests most strongly that the author falsified evidence. I have to say, the style of the book was wholly unsympathetic towards the victims.:(
Some elementary mistakes that even I could spot too!
I moved on to this:

which I've only read a few pages of so far. I'm actually getting back into the swing a little, with the likelihood of reading some more challenging/detailed books etc on the subject.

vivatifosi

Hi Jelly,

A Ripper book came into the library today and I did wonder whether you had read it. It is this one:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Jack-Ripper-Stewart-P-Evans/dp/075093770X

It's very unusual to see a book on JTR that doesn't have reviews on Amazon, so I have no idea if it is any good.