From: CurtAdams@aol.com
Date: Mon Dec 14 1998 - 19:11:32 MST
In a message dated 12/14/98 11:36:14 AM, hanson@econ.berkeley.edu wrote:
>Older students
>seem less likely to mold themselves to fit the standard personality and
>style of their discipline, and seem less likely to internalize the
>discipline's ideas of what the interesting questions are. While these
>are seen as negatives in junior people, they become "creativity" and
>other positives in more senior people.
Perhaps greater experience helps. I have had a taste for the
unusual idea all my life but I think that over a decade in the
"real world" gives me a better idea of when the usual doesn't
work (and when it does) and hence a better idea of when the
unusual is more promising (or less). I also think I have a better
grip on what I can do and am more able to plot a path to
accomplish an objective.
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