Epics of India Blog

This week I chose to do the story lab assignment. This consisted of two TED talk videos on writing stories. The first video was "A New Theory of Human Intelligence" by Scott Barry Kaufman ( source ). The speaker starts off my proposing a new theory of intelligence. He shows a teacher evaluation of a certain kid in two different stages of his life and asks if given the first evaluation, would we be able to predict the second. The child went from a very hyperactive kid diagnose with FOUR disorders at 8 years old, to a mild mannered middle schooler. Then he talks about a classification of children called "twice exceptional children." These kids have many weakness not associated with "normal" but have just as many strengths, AND many of the listed "weaknesses" can be strengths given the right context. He suggests that these students are often overlooked in the school system because it is structure for what is deemed as normal learning, and proposes...

Quick Notes: The danger of a single story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichi ( source ) -wrote stories very similar to the British stories she read--> impressionable children -shift after reading new books--> stories aren't just one story you can't relate to but sound like other stories -people have a "single story" towards things they don't know much about -be sure not to show a group as one thing all the time, sticking with what everyone else defines them as - some people read a story and it makes an unrealistic and single line of thinking, making an incomplete story of a topic Imaginary friends and real-world consequences by Jennifer Barnes ( source ) -How long have people invested in fictional stories? -What effect does fictional characters have on us? -Why do we feel so connected to fictional characters--> parasocial relationships -it feels like we feel true connections with celebrities or fictional characters -parasocial relationships can provi...