I've been busy this summer working at UT to get a new class ready for next Fall, so I haven't had a lot of time to write. However, I thought that I would take just a few minutes to write about something that I was thinking of randomly. I can't remember where I read it(probably an educational psychology book), but the author posited that the classic Aesop story of the "Tortoise and the Hare" doesn't really have the message that we think it does. To recap the story: the tortoise and the hare are in a race to see who is truly fastest. Everyone bets of the hare because he is clearly fastest. The hare of course takes an early lead. Then, confident that he will win, the hare stops to take a nap. He oversleeps and the tortoise beats him. Slow but steady wins the race! It is better to be resolute than quick. Let's really take a look at this though. Would the tortoise have won if the hare wasn't overconfident? Not even close. The tortoise didn't have ...
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