Unlike the title may seem; I was not under the influence when writing this. (Just so you know.)
Actually, this post is partly inspired by Coltin1948's blog post. Titled " The Toxic Marshmallow". (A very interesting post, I must say.) And also inspired by a friend of mine and his fortune cookie. (Mysterious, right? I know...)
Mr. Coltins story goes "Imagine that you are 4-years old, and that your parents have volunteered you for a research study that will cause you to experience a most excruciating kind of pain. A researcher leads you into a room and sits you at a table. A marshmallow is placed in front of you. The researcher explains that you will be left alone with the marshmallow, and if you decide you want to eat it, you need only to ring the bell. If you do, the researcher will return. You will eat the marshmallow and your trial will be over. However, if you choose not to ring the bell, and to hold off on eating the marshmallow, the researcher will return and give you a second marshmallow." sounds simple right? (Dont you just love my rhetorical questions? [I sure do!]) This takes you to a conclusion that this is a research program. And that conclusion is correct! Except...
"But, what does it matter? One marshmallow or two. What is the big deal?
Psychology professor, Walter Mischel first conducted his famous marshmallow experiments on 4-year olds in the 1960s. When he later followed up on his subjects, as teenagers, he found that the high-delayers -- those who could wait 15 minutes -- had S.A.T. scores that were, on average, more than 200 points higher than those who could wait only 30 seconds." - Coltin1948
So this has you thinking know. You're probably thinking "Oh so that old times saying ' patience is golden' really is true??" (Well, you should have known that in the first place.)
Getting warmer!
Final hint!!
"The low-delayers -- the kids who were not able to delay gratification for 15 minutes -- were more likely to grow up making life-damaging choices like dropping out of school, abusing drugs or alcohol, and even committing crimes." At this point their are two pieces of imforamtion. the 'news' Good news is that Mischel and his researchers found that they could teach kids how to ignore the marshmallow. but for most kids, such strategies have to be learned, developed, and practiced.
The bad news is that only about 30 percent of Mischel’s marshmallow kids found a way to last the 15 minutes.
Now, time for the second story! (Two stories in one night?! I HIT THE JACKPOT!!)
I turn on my computer, wait for it to load, login, and go on facebook. I scroll down, look, and see this↓
Actually, this post is partly inspired by Coltin1948's blog post. Titled " The Toxic Marshmallow". (A very interesting post, I must say.) And also inspired by a friend of mine and his fortune cookie. (Mysterious, right? I know...)
Mr. Coltins story goes "Imagine that you are 4-years old, and that your parents have volunteered you for a research study that will cause you to experience a most excruciating kind of pain. A researcher leads you into a room and sits you at a table. A marshmallow is placed in front of you. The researcher explains that you will be left alone with the marshmallow, and if you decide you want to eat it, you need only to ring the bell. If you do, the researcher will return. You will eat the marshmallow and your trial will be over. However, if you choose not to ring the bell, and to hold off on eating the marshmallow, the researcher will return and give you a second marshmallow." sounds simple right? (Dont you just love my rhetorical questions? [I sure do!]) This takes you to a conclusion that this is a research program. And that conclusion is correct! Except...
"But, what does it matter? One marshmallow or two. What is the big deal?Psychology professor, Walter Mischel first conducted his famous marshmallow experiments on 4-year olds in the 1960s. When he later followed up on his subjects, as teenagers, he found that the high-delayers -- those who could wait 15 minutes -- had S.A.T. scores that were, on average, more than 200 points higher than those who could wait only 30 seconds." - Coltin1948
So this has you thinking know. You're probably thinking "Oh so that old times saying ' patience is golden' really is true??" (Well, you should have known that in the first place.)
Getting warmer!
Final hint!!
"The low-delayers -- the kids who were not able to delay gratification for 15 minutes -- were more likely to grow up making life-damaging choices like dropping out of school, abusing drugs or alcohol, and even committing crimes." At this point their are two pieces of imforamtion. the 'news' Good news is that Mischel and his researchers found that they could teach kids how to ignore the marshmallow. but for most kids, such strategies have to be learned, developed, and practiced.
The bad news is that only about 30 percent of Mischel’s marshmallow kids found a way to last the 15 minutes.
Now, time for the second story! (Two stories in one night?! I HIT THE JACKPOT!!)
I turn on my computer, wait for it to load, login, and go on facebook. I scroll down, look, and see this↓
I read my daily fortune cookie!
Lucky Numbers: 37 54 83 68
So, I took it lightly and decided to comment on this. My comment "But DON'T WALK INTO IT! that means you're dying.". Three hours later... (Boy, does time fly!!) "OH SHIT I JUST GOT A FORTUNE COOKIE THAT SAID I'M GUNNA DIE :O" were his exact post words. I was like "OH MY GOSH!!" Then suddenly realized. this was because of my comment. I felt TERRIBLE, after that! 
good night because you're not gunna wake up". I was SHOCKED!
How could a fortune cookie be so blunt?! I thought they had more tact than that! (I gave them more credit than credit was due.) That besides the point; I remembered Colin1948's blog post I read earlier today; and suddenly reached the conclusion that...
good night because you're not gunna wake up". I was SHOCKED! How could a fortune cookie be so blunt?! I thought they had more tact than that! (I gave them more credit than credit was due.) That besides the point; I remembered Colin1948's blog post I read earlier today; and suddenly reached the conclusion that...FOOD IS A DANGEROUS THING!! I mean if a marshmallow can predict how well you'll do in life, and a fortune cookie can predict your death! Then why all my life did I think food was a friendly little friend I could just eat when ever I got hungry?! ( friendly little friend?) WHAT A MONSTER FOOD IS!
What do you think; food, friend or foe?
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Marshmellows are amazing! :) <3 Seriously, I love the strawberry and the vanilla ones!
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