Student Opinion | How Impulsive Are You? – NYTimes.com.
Today’s opinion question excerpts an article about toddlers and marshmallows, which may have a profound meaning for all of us.
Students: Tell us how important you think self-control is. How do you think you would do on the marshmallow test, both as a small child and now? Are you inclined to believe that people who exhibit less self-control as children are more likely to abuse drugs, suffer from obesity or experience stressful relationships as adults? Do you consider yourself to be impulsive or careful? How does that trait carry over into other areas of your life?
To participate, go to the NY Times website, read the article, and write your response. (Remember to use your first name only.) Then, copy and paste it here in the comments, using only your first name and last initial.
12/15/11 NEW instructions for NEW posts:
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I think I would choose to wait 15 minutes because I can enjoy the first marshmallow before the second. I don’t believe that what you do as a child will turn out how you are when you grow up because you can change a whole lot while you are growing up. I think I choose carefully because I try to look at what it will turn to when it is done.
Does that mean you were more impulsive when you were a child and have grown less so? Maybe it would follow that if you had been less impulsive as a child you may be even less impulsive than you are now. What do you think?
I don’t see your post at the NY Times website. See above: That’s part of the requirement. 😉
I’d love having the marshmallows now if they gave you more than one. My choice as a child would have been to take the marshmallows now instead of later. I do have self-control majority of the time, but it does get out of hand whenever certain things happen.
All little kids love sweets, so of course little four years old would say they would want two marsh mellows. I would even say; I would like t two. Which is funny because I hardly like marsh mellows. Self-control is very important, and you need to have control over it. There’s always going to be temptations in your life and you need to learn how to manage them because there’s a consequences to your actions!
OUR COMMENT IS AWAITING MODERATION.Self control is a very important character trait for everyone. I think more people including myself should practice self control. If everyone practiced self control the world would be a better place for everyone. Even if just a few people worked on it, I think there would be a great improvement.— Hunter B.
I found your post on the NY Times website, so I’ll add this to your credit.