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Honestly I can not remember what occured in last week's class. That's due the fact that my head was going to split in half and couldn't really feel anything let alone think. Nor can I think now as my head is again being smashed repeatedly with a hammer. Or at least it feels like it.

So this is about something that I think is important to knowledge and that is memory. It is easy to attain knowledge, but if you can not retain it, you can not develop it. I recently watched a documentary on memory on the tellie. They said that until a person develops self-concept, they begin to develop memories. As a test, they brought some toddlers into a room and showed them a mirror. The kids were like "Oh hey! It's me!" Next they put some paint on the end of all the children's noses and showed them the mirror again. This time most of the kids pointed at the mirror again. Only two kids saw their reflection and were like "HEY! It's me that's changed not this wonder person in the mirror!" The researchers concluded that only these two children that touched their noses realized that it was themselves in the mirror. The other toddlers thought of it as a different person in the mirror. I thought this was a fairly interesting study and it caught my fancy.

Język

Language is important to knowledge. When a group of people all speak the same language, it is easy for them to understand each other and gain knowledge. However when you are for example a foreigner in a country where you understand none of the language, you are not going to gain any knowledge from the people. This is when body language becomes important. From personal experience, when I first got to Poland I could speak NO polish. Charades and pointing became my way of communication and in essence, my language. This "language" was what helped me to gain knowledge and eventually be able to speak polish. Therefore I believe that body language is what is really important to language. Even as a child, you speak with body language far before you learn to speak an language. As a baby your parents understand your body language to know your needs. Body language is more important than the actual language involving words. Actions speak louder than words. Observe the picture above. There are no words in this picture. However we can tell the the man is pointing at something. The look on his face is not a questioning look. Therefore he does not want to know what it is that he is looking at. His expression is one of excitement and joy. He is obviously enthused by what he is pointing at. (PS its the Pantheon.)Now the young gentleman in the background has obviously spotted something that concerns him. He is talking to someone as his face discerns. However the look of eyes suggests that he is not particularly enjoy this conversation. See? You know all this just from body language.

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