This guy’s recommendations reminded me of you, the last book specifically about the fourth crusade where he talks about the 95 year old Doge of Venice and what a badass he still was, leading men into combat https://scottlocklin.wordpress.com/2025/06/01/q2-books-2025/
I am the guy you called a stupid American about a week ago. Hopefully I am neither of them.
Unfortunately you cannot teach IQ. Of the many stories I have where I have been left questioning the universe about how different my brain seems to work than the average "highly intelligent, educated" person, I will give one:
It was a long time ago at university I was with my ex trying to get a car park at on campus. It was a sunny day and the car park was very full and I drove to the start of a bay which was pretty long but said, "nope no parks here". She asked how the hell I knew that as there is no way you can see all the spaces. I said yeah but you can see all the shadows of the cars are there are no missing shadows. She was absolutely gob smacked, asking who taught me that trick.. I was like it´s just common sense.. she went on for days asking who taught me that, there is no way someone could just know that etc.. and this lady was on paper highly intelligent, multiple languages, university etc.. I would guess she would have had to have been around 120ish in IQ.
I could teach her the car park shadow trick, but the next thing I thought was just obvious I would have to teach again.. This is a huge gap in IQ, then you throw in that you cannot even teach a dude how to work out SQM of basic shapes which is a huge difference between her and him..
I am a tutor, and in my years of experience. I have met genuinely one kid who is incapable. He couldn’t memorise the alphabet, but the whole time he was enthusiastic and grateful.
99% of the time, students are just ungrateful, undisciplined, and refused to listen or even try reasoning.
because a few second after psychological pressure is applied making them READ THE WORDS and magically they know.
Add Rhetoric, currently being serialized, particularly the introduction. Some people cannot be persuaded, and instead need to be motivated. Some people will not learn form pain either.
So dno nor expect results. The road is easy that leads to error. The road is hard that leads to truth. Most people will take the easy road.
In addition to the books you mention, I would strongly advise you to read, "The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors" by Hornfischer. Such men as you admire still exist...or at least existed not too long ago. I read "The Great Siege" many years ago. DeValette (sp?) is a favorite hero of mine. What a man! The only man more manly than he that I know of is St. Joseph, Our Lord's foster father.
A good name for my autobiography. "Stupid people hurt"
PS I feel your pain.
This guy’s recommendations reminded me of you, the last book specifically about the fourth crusade where he talks about the 95 year old Doge of Venice and what a badass he still was, leading men into combat https://scottlocklin.wordpress.com/2025/06/01/q2-books-2025/
I am the guy you called a stupid American about a week ago. Hopefully I am neither of them.
Unfortunately you cannot teach IQ. Of the many stories I have where I have been left questioning the universe about how different my brain seems to work than the average "highly intelligent, educated" person, I will give one:
It was a long time ago at university I was with my ex trying to get a car park at on campus. It was a sunny day and the car park was very full and I drove to the start of a bay which was pretty long but said, "nope no parks here". She asked how the hell I knew that as there is no way you can see all the spaces. I said yeah but you can see all the shadows of the cars are there are no missing shadows. She was absolutely gob smacked, asking who taught me that trick.. I was like it´s just common sense.. she went on for days asking who taught me that, there is no way someone could just know that etc.. and this lady was on paper highly intelligent, multiple languages, university etc.. I would guess she would have had to have been around 120ish in IQ.
I could teach her the car park shadow trick, but the next thing I thought was just obvious I would have to teach again.. This is a huge gap in IQ, then you throw in that you cannot even teach a dude how to work out SQM of basic shapes which is a huge difference between her and him..
What a world.
I am a tutor, and in my years of experience. I have met genuinely one kid who is incapable. He couldn’t memorise the alphabet, but the whole time he was enthusiastic and grateful.
99% of the time, students are just ungrateful, undisciplined, and refused to listen or even try reasoning.
because a few second after psychological pressure is applied making them READ THE WORDS and magically they know.
Add Rhetoric, currently being serialized, particularly the introduction. Some people cannot be persuaded, and instead need to be motivated. Some people will not learn form pain either.
So dno nor expect results. The road is easy that leads to error. The road is hard that leads to truth. Most people will take the easy road.
In addition to the books you mention, I would strongly advise you to read, "The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors" by Hornfischer. Such men as you admire still exist...or at least existed not too long ago. I read "The Great Siege" many years ago. DeValette (sp?) is a favorite hero of mine. What a man! The only man more manly than he that I know of is St. Joseph, Our Lord's foster father.