Handicapped Communication

The importance of communication cannot be over-stated.

In my view, every person holds within a perfectly sound conception of ideas and notions (Socratic influence perhaps). What is lacking sometimes is the tool that helps convey this meaning across with as little loss in integrity as possible. Words are such importance tools for intellectual transfer of ideas and yet we spend precious little time in honing them. It would not be unlike the painter who only has three or four colors to work with; you just aren't going to get as vibrate artworks compared to the artist with many more pigments to play with.

Case in point - when was the last time you tried to describe something which you could see vividly in your mind to someone but had to take longer than expected to do it? On the flipside, how many times have you had someone who just couldn't find the precise words try their darnest to explain something to you ?

It would appear to me that this vocabularic inadequacy is has become rather widespread. Maybe it stems from the fact that the very structure of our academic system has been formulated to encourage short-termed information retention and regurgitation over permanent knowledge gain.

Well, at the very least, here's how to start on a personal level and do some good (donating rice to the unfortunate) at the same time - FreeRice.