Connecting-the-Dots

“Connecting-the-Dots” is more than a political catch phrase. “Connecting-the-Dots” is more than a child’s activity. “Connecting-the-Dots” involves the ability to see relationships between two ideas or concepts.

 “Connecting-the-Dots” is the basic foundation of learning and is dynamic process. For example a child learns to connect the concept of ‘dog’ with the features ‘four legs and a tail’. As the child matures and is introduced to new information s/he learns to connect additional features to the concept ‘dog’ and differentiate it from other animals. Learning how to read using phonics utilizes this skill. Learning the rules of grammar utilizes this skill. 

“Connecting-the-Dots” forms schemas i.e. provide order to and understanding of environment.

“Connecting-the-Dots” reflects the functioning of the human brain. “The corpus callosum is the main transverse tract of fibers that connects the two cerebral hemispheres…The primary function of the corpus callosum is to integrate motor, sensory, and cognitive activity between the left and right hemispheres.” The corpus callosum facilitates complete understanding of environment

“Connecting-the-Dots” promotes logic and pragmatism. “Connecting-the-Dots” promotes respect for diversity and civil discourse by encouraging specificity not generalities. “Connecting-the-Dots” reduces rigidity or myopic thinking and bigotry. Gandhi and King showed practical understanding of the skill when they pursued not only freedom but social justice in their respective countries.



“Connecting-the-Dots” is mental discipline. “Connecting-the-Dots” is the process to achieve mental discipline. The residue effects of the achieving mental discipline is the ‘American Dream’.   

“Connecting-the-Dots” promotes innovation and progress. Wilbur and Orville Wright utilized the skill when they developed the idea, ‘airplane’ by considering the relationship between birds and machine.   


“Connecting-the-Dots” is useful in providing solutions to complex challenges. Individuals, Businesses, Nonprofits, and Governments  are successful when they are willing and able to adapt to new realities through effective use of this skill.


Further Consideration


A Strategy for American Innovation



Look at the chart and say the COLOuR not the word

           
YELLOW       BLUE              ORANGE             BLACK           RED                GREEN

PURPLE         YELLOW       RED             ORANGE       GREEN           BLACK

BLUE              RED                PURPLE             GREEN           BLUE              ORANGE


Left-Right Conflict --- Your right brain tries to say the colour but your left brain insists on reading the word.


What is the missing number in this series?

37, 10, 82           29, 11, 47          96, 15, 87          42, ?, 15

Answer:  6 --- The middle number is the sum of the first two and the last two numbers.


Turn the word "THINK" into "BRAIN" by changing one letter at a time - each new word must be a real word.

Answer:

THINK
THICK
TRICK
TRACK
TRACT
TRAIT
TRAIN
BRAIN  

Connect all the dots by drawing a line without raising your pencil or crossing any lines.

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Hint: The solution requires going beyond the ‘box’ paradigm