Category: education

“A child is not a vessel to be filled, but a lamp to be lit”. – Hebrew Proverb

I am puzzled by this wonderful proverb. As a parent, I know I should give more freedoms to the kids. “Leave the kids alone!” Is it the right  approach to parenting? No. I don’t think so. If we just leave the lamp alone, it may never be lit. So the parents should generate a good [...]

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Sunday November 29th, 2009 in chess, education, parenting, scholastic | 1 Comment »

Andre Agassi: I did not choose tennis when I was young

Today, I heard an interesting interview of Andre Agassi on NPR (the website is here). Andre was a very famous tennis star. In fact, he was widely considered one of the greatest tennis players of all time. On the show, he said he did not choose tennis when he was young but his father pushed [...]

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Wednesday November 11th, 2009 in education, parenting, sports | 4 Comments »

Let’s talk about Josh Waitzkin

Recently I reread a very good article about Josh Waitzkin from Betsy’s blog “Chess Parents and Kids”(It is pity that Betsy left her blog at November, 2008. We would like to see her back). Many of you know  Josh was being featured in the movie “Searching for Bobby Fisher”, he was a chess prodigy and [...]

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Thursday November 5th, 2009 in chess, education, parenting, scholastic | 2 Comments »