Comments on: The Olden Days http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/01/13/the-olden-days/ (bôr'dər-lănd') n. Located on or near a frontier. An indeterminate area or condition. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:41:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Charlie http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/01/13/the-olden-days/#comment-26778 Charlie Tue, 27 Feb 2007 20:39:50 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/01/13/the-olden-days/#comment-26778 What is the difference between the sixties and the seventies What is the difference between the sixties and the seventies

]]> By: botts http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/01/13/the-olden-days/#comment-1088 botts Tue, 24 Jan 2006 02:29:19 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/01/13/the-olden-days/#comment-1088 two little things...when I was a boy..... my parents were deeply offended when my teacher sent us home to "ask our parents about the olden days". we even had a commercially produced workbook titled, "the olden days". my dad is OLD, we gave him personalised licence plates for his car which read NOAH - not as a reflection of anything wet but as a direct reference to his age (we are sooooooo cruel) anyways as someone in his mid 60s who has been in the IT industry since noah was a boy (to coin a phrase) dad often talks about the idea that his brain is full and so to learn and retain new information, old information has to give way (his excuse for an alzheimer esque bad memory). but all joking aside, he really does believe this and often talks seriously about the struggle to retain new information and alternatively to retrieve old memories.... have a great day two little things…when I was a boy….. my parents were deeply offended when my teacher sent us home to “ask our parents about the olden days”. we even had a commercially produced workbook titled, “the olden days”.

my dad is OLD, we gave him personalised licence plates for his car which read NOAH - not as a reflection of anything wet but as a direct reference to his age (we are sooooooo cruel) anyways as someone in his mid 60s who has been in the IT industry since noah was a boy (to coin a phrase) dad often talks about the idea that his brain is full and so to learn and retain new information, old information has to give way (his excuse for an alzheimer esque bad memory). but all joking aside, he really does believe this and often talks seriously about the struggle to retain new information and alternatively to retrieve old memories….

have a great day

]]> By: Doug http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/01/13/the-olden-days/#comment-1081 Doug Sat, 21 Jan 2006 21:01:49 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/01/13/the-olden-days/#comment-1081 Hi Francine. It's good to hear from you. Your point about staying connected is important. Recognizing new patterns that connect and widen is what makes exploration so <em>interesting</em>. Hi Francine. It’s good to hear from you. Your point about staying connected is important. Recognizing new patterns that connect and widen is what makes exploration so interesting.

]]> By: Francine http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/01/13/the-olden-days/#comment-1080 Francine Sat, 21 Jan 2006 07:37:33 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/01/13/the-olden-days/#comment-1080 The way I see it it less of a peak, than a deep ocean of multiple intelligences we get to explore in breadth and in depth with time if we stay connected to the stimulation that keeps our "flippers" active. The way I see it it less of a peak, than a deep ocean of multiple intelligences we get to explore in breadth and in depth with time if we stay connected to the stimulation that keeps our “flippers” active.

]]> By: Doug http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/01/13/the-olden-days/#comment-1073 Doug Tue, 17 Jan 2006 19:40:27 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/01/13/the-olden-days/#comment-1073 Hi <a href="http://artichoke.typepad.com/artichoke/" rel="nofollow">Artichoke</a>, I wonder if an intellectual decline is inevitable. Maybe there's more than one peak. I'd like to think that we get more than one shot at brilliance. If there is a peak, what if we don't recognize it and spend that time watching football? Clarence, I didn't come away from the professional development day with any big revelations, either. I did have a novel experience, though. Instead of a "talking head" we got to spend some time with a singing head. It was an agreeable change from the olden days. Hi Artichoke, I wonder if an intellectual decline is inevitable. Maybe there’s more than one peak. I’d like to think that we get more than one shot at brilliance. If there is a peak, what if we don’t recognize it and spend that time watching football?

Clarence, I didn’t come away from the professional development day with any big revelations, either. I did have a novel experience, though. Instead of a “talking head” we got to spend some time with a singing head. It was an agreeable change from the olden days.

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