Crictical Response of "Small Wonders"
CRITICAL RESPONSE 1
A prodigy is a child who shows the ability to perform at very high levels in the mode of a well trained adult in a field deemed extremely difficult and under very demanding circumstances in early age. For example, Akrit Jaswal is a young Indian who came to public attention by performing as a surgeon at the age of 7. His patient is an eight-year-old girl whose fingers close into a tight fist that couldn’t open. He managed to free her fingers without formal medical training or experience of surgery and she could use her hands normally. Akrit Jaswal is called “the world's smartest boy” or a wunderkind because of his extraordinary ability. Some people think that Akrit and other wunderkinds are born while others argue that they are made. That is the matter on which Andrew Marshall ponders in his article.
At the beginning of the article named “Small Wonders”, Andrew Marshall introduces 2 prodigies who are Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son and Abigail Sin. An asked question is whether prodigies are innate or made through many factors of the outside. Some experts reckon that they are born because of activities in their brains which are different from ordinary children. Other experts think that prodigies are made while a number of others believe they are half born and half made. In conclusion, no matter which view is correct, some experts suggest that people should treat the child prodigies as the average children and let them can have a wonderful childhood.
In reality, there are a large number of researches were carried out to find the answer for the asked question: “are prodigies born or made?”. In the article, Andrew Marshall introduces a study of Michael O’Boyle. He is an American psychologist working in Australia, has recently utilized fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging) scanning of blood flow during mental operation in prodigies to display startling results. Scans showed six or seven times more metabolic activity in the right side of prodigies’
A prodigy is a child who shows the ability to perform at very high levels in the mode of a well trained adult in a field deemed extremely difficult and under very demanding circumstances in early age. For example, Akrit Jaswal is a young Indian who came to public attention by performing as a surgeon at the age of 7. His patient is an eight-year-old girl whose fingers close into a tight fist that couldn’t open. He managed to free her fingers without formal medical training or experience of surgery and she could use her hands normally. Akrit Jaswal is called “the world's smartest boy” or a wunderkind because of his extraordinary ability. Some people think that Akrit and other wunderkinds are born while others argue that they are made. That is the matter on which Andrew Marshall ponders in his article.
At the beginning of the article named “Small Wonders”, Andrew Marshall introduces 2 prodigies who are Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son and Abigail Sin. An asked question is whether prodigies are innate or made through many factors of the outside. Some experts reckon that they are born because of activities in their brains which are different from ordinary children. Other experts think that prodigies are made while a number of others believe they are half born and half made. In conclusion, no matter which view is correct, some experts suggest that people should treat the child prodigies as the average children and let them can have a wonderful childhood.
In reality, there are a large number of researches were carried out to find the answer for the asked question: “are prodigies born or made?”. In the article, Andrew Marshall introduces a study of Michael O’Boyle. He is an American psychologist working in Australia, has recently utilized fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging) scanning of blood flow during mental operation in prodigies to display startling results. Scans showed six or seven times more metabolic activity in the right side of prodigies’