Most People (by The Time They Have

What Is Usually Called 'intelligence' Refers To The Linguistic And Logical Capacities That Are Valued In Certain Kinds Of School And For Certain School-like Tasks. It Leaves Little If Any Room For Spatial Intelligence, Personal Intelligences, Musical Intelligence, Etc.

In Every Part Of The World With Which I Am Familiar, Young People Are Completely Immersed In The Digital World - So Much So, That It Is Inconceivable To Them That They Can, For Long, Be Separated From Their Devices. Indeed, Many Of Us Who Are Not Young, Who Are 'digital Immigrants' Rather Than 'digital Natives,' Are Also Wedded To, If Not Dependent On, Our Digital Devices.

By Nature, I Am Not An Optimist, Though I Try To Act As If I Am.

When Speaking To Parents, I Encourage Them To Take Their Child(ren) To A Children's Museum And Watch Carefully What The Child Does, How She/she Does It, What He/she Returns To, Where There Is Definite Growth. Teachers Could Do The Same Or Could Set Up 'play Areas' Which Provide 'nutrition' For Different Intelligences... And Watch Carefully What Happens And What Does Not Happen With Each Child.

The Biggest Communities In Which Young People Now Reside Are Online Communities.