Vygotsky Quote

nate (schmolze who-is-at students.wisc.edu)
Sun, 2 Aug 1998 22:43:39 -0500

I have received several requests for info on the Vygotsky quote offline. The
quote originates from Vygotsky's text Educational Psychology (page 232 on
the chapter on Ethical behavior). Everything has a context so I will add
the preceding paragraph:

There is the problem of children who, though highly gifted, cannot find any
outlet for their energy in ordinary patterns of behavior. On the contrary,
in terms of morality, obedient children usually represent vivid examples of
ungiftedness, simply because they tend to very often suffer from rickets or
are anemic or are dull and narrow minded, follow the line of easiest
adaptation to the environment, and either do not need very much. Or who,
very early in childhood, grasped the secret to a happy life and value it
above all other blessings

People with great passions, people who accomplish great deeds,
People who possess strong feelings even people with great minds
and a strong personality, rarely come out of good little boys and girls
L.S. Vygotsky
Educational Psychology
By L.S. Vygotsky
St Lucie Press
Boca Raton, Florida
ISBN 1878205153

NATE SCHMOLZE
http://www.geocities.com/~nschmolze/
schmolze who-is-at students.wisc.edu

People with great passions, people who accomplish great deeds,
People who possess strong feelings even people with great minds
and a strong personality, rarely come out of good little boys and girls
L.S. Vygotsky