On Sun, 27 Mar 2016 22:26:07 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
wrote:

>On Sunday, March 27, 2016 at 7:00:30 PM UTC-10, Julie Bove wrote:
>> "dsi1" <dsi> wrote in message
>> ...
>> On Sunday, March 27, 2016 at 2:48:14 PM UTC-10, John Kuthe wrote:
>> > On Sunday, March 27, 2016 at 6:43:57 PM UTC-6, Bruce wrote:
>> > > On Sun, 27 Mar 2016 17:25:28 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe
>> > > > wrote:
>> > >
>> > > >On Sunday, March 27, 2016 at 5:12:15 PM UTC-6, Julie Bove wrote:
>> > > >...
>> > > >> No. I mean that the Sanders supporters I know are very intelligent.
>> > > >
>> > > >Thank you! :-)
>> > >
>> > > You already knew that. You're extremely intelligent and a Registered
>> > > Nurse to boot!
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > Bruce
>> >
>> > I know. For years people have remembered that I was a very smart kid. So I
>> > got used to thinking that too, and it appears I am too! I perform well on
>> > standardized testing, even nursing school! So compliments on my
>> > intelligence really don't make me feel anything, because I know it's true!
>> >
>> > John Kuthe...
>>
>> This is the reason why kids should not be told they're special or smart or
>> pretty or talented. They grow up thinking that they really are special
>> because they're smart or pretty or talented. Once you reach adulthood, all
>> the accolades stop and you start to wonder why people don't think you're so
>> special anymore. Raising kids to believe they're special pretty much always
>> messes kids up kids when they reach adulthood. Well that's my theory and I'm
>> sticking to it!
>>
>> I know someone who tested as a genius early on. People never let him forget
>> it. He was put into school early, despite being advised not to do this to
>> him. Went off to college at 16. Then things began to go wrong. I won't
>> get into all of that.
>>
>> He's an adult now and hates it when people refer to him as a genius because
>> more often than not, their expectations of him are far too high. They seem
>> to think that he should be an expert at everything. And he isn't.
>
>Is there anything sadder than being a young adult and have the feeling that
>your best days are behind you instead of before you? I think not.

Your kind of thinking is for someone who reaches sixty years old and
has never had any best days... now that is as sad as sad gets. At my
age I'm wise enough to know with certainty that my best days are past
but I enjoy remembering and have lots of best days to remember. I'll
still have good days but I'm honest enough to realize that *best* days
are past. I'm very glad I'm old because with how this world has
become everyone no matter their age, even if just born, will never
know better days than me.