Language
I want to know why
if you brought a group of young children into a ROOM WHERE A NUMBER
OF ORDINARY OBJECTS WERE SCATTERED ABOUT AND LEFT THE CHILDREN, WHY,
WHATEVER THEY DID, WOULD YOU CALL IT “PLAY” AND NOT CALL IT
“WORK”?
When
an adult, says, I was just playing, what is meant? Now, tell me this:
on the average, who plays more, a child or an adult? It is not even
close, is it? An average adult only plays. Is always pretending not
to know what he is really doing. A child is real much
of the time. The difference
between play acting and work may
be found in
the experience on the inside of the person, whatever the age. One is
fun and the other drudgery. The words “play” and “work” are
most imprecise terms. They are their own antonyms even. It
is to be wondered how many other important words are like these ones?
Adults,
now is the time for your tears.
