Author: KarinsDad
Date: 11:57:36 03/02/04
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On March 02, 2004 at 14:24:40, Fernando Villegas wrote: >I know you does not expect this comment, but if I was you I would do nothing to >promote chess afection in Karin. If she results to be talented for chess, it may >comes she will invest too much time into that and chess, after all, no matter >how much we like or love it, is a very unuseful and even destructive way of >using grey matter. Put her to read more and more stuff, that's a lot better and >useful, a way to widen the mind instead of narrowing it, as chess do. Not by >chance most -not all- GM are real idiots and ignorants beyond the realm of the >board. >Just my cent >Fernando Thanks for the comment Fernando. As it is, KarinsMom and I are working hard at attempting to balance between too many activities, too few, too challenging, too easy, etc. At the moment, Karin's outside of school activities include ballet (last 3 years), basketball (last 2 months), piano (last 3 months), soccer (in season), and running club (in season). Karin is in first grade, reading at a third grade level, and she reads about 3 to 8 hours per week (depending). She loves to read and sometimes we have to pull her away from that to do other things. She also loves to ski and gets to go 6 or 8 times a season. Her grades in school are near perfect (with only handwriting and art being good, but not topped out). She is healthy, bright, pleasant, well rounded and a good child. All in all, we could not have been much more blessed. Personally, I think chess will help her to think spatially. She already has a good grasp of other mental and physical abilities, chess will just add a slightly different dimension of thinking. IMO. I am not going to force her to become a chess prodigy (I would have started her at age 3 if that was my intent), but I am going to give her any opportunities I can to improve herself and to succeed in many different endeavors in life.
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