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Sport and any crude, laboring activity build up muscles not brain cells.
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I suppose it depends on what specifically you mean by crude, but I could not disagree with this more in relation to labor.
I know we can learn more from certain forms of hands on experience than any book will ever teach a person(I am not responding to you directly paige). When we push ourselves through rough conditions, doing the down and dirt parts of life we get a real and lasting feel for some of the true difficulties of life.
As a person goes through the process of removing the whining and complaints of their body and mind through laboring work not just a 'work out' but, -wet, dirty, dusty, slimy, early morning, late evening- kind of work, they can quickly learn to see what does and does not help them succeed on a daily basis.
Take farm work for example. As long as the person is part of a honest team of people going out and doing a hard days work in various conditions, it can be very important for developing an attitude of humility, respect, and honor for the people around you. Example: Take a king or queen of the world attitude (bullying) and go shovel some cow crap with crap flies around you... lol ya know? Even kings and queens can shovel poop. All of our false ideals of ourselves will try every trick they can to avoid having to do some of these kinds of things at first so we can continue holding onto them and remain in this idealistic world we've created of ourselves, but those ideals won't last in that kind of environment. New ideals emerge, from understanding produced through hands on experience and accomplishment, giving one a lasting sense of confidence, as opposed to lack of understanding and no hands on experience with very little under your belt expect the ideals we've created to give you some sense of confidence.
Of course this is only one example. The same can be said for hitting the books. It doesnt really matter what the activity is, as long as we are challenging ourselves and pushing our limits and comfort zones we can grow and develop. We can establish independence and social respect when we work together towards some common goal.
My experiences and knowledge of school were very far from accomplishing those very important life skills, and because of that, so much opportunity is lost.
