Well I haven't read the book either, but you should definitely watch the movie. xD
Con said it had way more content than the movie. I'm not allowed.
Okay, to clarify, I have not seen the movie. But from the movie content advisory, I'm fairly certain they toned at the very least the language down from the original.
I can be alone, I just don't enjoy it much. All of the above! I just love the actuality of being with someone else. I'll talk, I'll play chess, walk, explore, bake, bike ride, play soccer, paint, ect. I enjoy the activity more when I'm doing it with someone else. But I just like to connect with people. Sometimes I see them a little differently than most do. Perhaps it has something to do with how my mind works. I'm pack minded, I read body language and am interested in the workings of the mind, that could be factoring in.
It is to me though. It feels different than other minds. (though that probably sounds incredibly weird idk how else to put it) Tis perfectionistic/idealistic indeed. You are more exercised in words and thoughts than most I've met. I agree with you. Though I have had pretty good grades all my life it was because I have been graced with time to understand certain aspects (i.e. math). I am average-good in English but I don't really relish it, which is considered strange by some since I love to write so much.
Crikey, well, your welcome then. ^-^ No fear, I'm the type that if I have something to say, you will hear it. XD We all should be allowed to wander in our minds sometimes. I think. The children that have been confined and strictly held to parroting what the have been taught have absolutely no imagination and no sense of adventure and thus, grow up in a stunted way. That in turn makes me sad, and makes me wish I could help them to rediscover themselves. Perhaps that is what is so different about your mind, I'll have to think on that… You are welcome, it brings me joy to make for others good things in life.
Pack-minded and socially rewarded during activities with others. I can see that. It's interesting how you attribute those traits to your interests in body language and psychology. I would think that such desires are something that one is naturally attentive to, or in others words is "born" into that place in the social hierarchy in the "pack". It is most often in life that one discovers ones place in a group early on and either accepts or rejects that place and acts accordingly.
Not enjoying Language studies really isn't unusual for one who writes. It is like the difference between the farmer and chef. The farmer tills the land, plants the seeds, may fertilize the group, and harvests the food. The chef picks the recipe, chooses the ingredients and the grade of ingredients, mixes or prepares the ingredients, cooks the food, plates and serves the food. Often one is either a farmer or one is a chef, and sometimes one may be both.
Thank you for assuring me that I'll hear it when you have something to say. I wouldn't want to dominate a conversation.
Sadly, nothing seems to stunt a good imagination like a formal education. Almost everyone young has a desire early on to explore and create, to discover the world anew. Too often these feels are bogged down and cut-down before they have much of a chance to take growth and thus before deeply frozen in a dormant state. It reminds me of a quote...
"It is not the nature of man - nor of any living entity - to start out by giving up... that requires a process of corruption whose rapidity differs from man to man. Some give up at the touch of pressure; some run down by imperceptible degrees and lose their fire, never knowing when or how they lost it... yet a few hold on and move on, knowing that that fire is not to be betrayed, learning how to give it shape, purpose and reality. But whatever their future, at the dawn of their lives,men seek a noble vision of man's nature and of life's potential... it does not matter that only a few in each generation will grasp and achieve the full reality of man's proper stature - and that the rest will betray it. It is those few that move the world and give life its meaning."
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Mmm, I think that there are people out there that don't read body language well and don't understand how minds tic well and they struggle more in social situations. I have a theory that these people may have something to do with introverts' struggles. When two people see each other and strike up a conversation they will unconsciously "reflect" each other and it makes things go smoother somehow. We see a good example of this in a fast food setting I observed. When a server takes an order, they changed their voice pitch and intonation, breathing patterns, sentence structures and terms ( sometimes even stance though they cannot be seen). Customers that had a server take their order this way usually came away with a pleasant impression.
Hm, that's a good allegory for it. : D
No problem, I'm not often given to subtlety. XD
Sad and true. A friend told me today about a study he'd seen that stated that the more strict a child's' parents were, the better liar they turned out to be. I haven't looked into it meself but it sounds like it may have at least a seed of truth from what I've observed of the world. That's a good quote, and a good point. I think perhaps instead of learning rote and cramming their head full of things that won't be relavant to that child ever in their lives. They should teach each child individually so they possess knowledge of the things of their world, but the sooner they can begin to hone their calling in life. But that would mean spending money and time on individuals so this fallen world wouldn't put up with it. Perhaps learning should be more hands on as well (botany for example), after all, how many children were warned and made to repeat "Don't touch the hot stove" thousands of times only to touch the stove once and never do it again.