post nov 13.2008

"...all my life I wantid to be smart and not dumb and my mom always tolld me to try and lern just like Miss Kinnian tells me but its very hard to be smart and even when I lern something in Miss Kinnians class at the school I ferget alot." PR 3, pg. 3

I find this passage very common to the world of a teenager or just any student in general. Yes this comes from a profoundly retarded man but it holds true. We all strive to be the smartest and learn in school but as charlie states "its very hard to be smart." This passage represents the essence of this book so far the theory of intelligence and how it is viewed in society and what we find synonymous with high intelligence and what we relate low intelligence to. I think once charlie goes through the procedure he will get a view from the other side of the spectrum and start to realize its not how smart you are or what type of intelligence you have but what you do with the brain you are given.Also his mother is mentioned in this passage prior to this part his family hasn't not been mentioned so i wonder how they are going to take part in charlie's life after the procedure

questions...
1 will w3e ever get to see what happened to his family
2 how does his family feel about his operation
3 what are miss kinnani intentions and thoughts on charlie