From this article about a tragedy:
Mr. Pavela also says colleges increasingly ask essay questions on applications to try to shed light on a candidate's "emotional intelligence." The Massachusetts Institute of Technology tells applicants it wants to know how they "bring balance" to their lives and asks them to "tell us about something you do simply for the pleasure of it."This Wall Street Journal article attempts to enravel the deatils of Mr. Cho's experiences in school, and what else might have been done to help this desperate and mute young man, and avoid this tragedy which ultimately involved the lives of so many.
From the article:
Details of Mr. Cho's experience in special education, which are only now coming to light, suggest that high schools may be paying too much attention to the academic advancement of bright but troubled students and not enough to their emotional disorders. "The focus is, 'What do we need to do to help him get through school?' " says Dewey Cornell, a clinical psychologist and professor of education at the University of Virginia.
It is difficult to comment on this story. It's the continuing story of students who are bright academically who fail somewhere along the line to acquire emotional intelligence. That is isn't just about getting through school, there is a life wrapped around that school. Any comment seems glib.
Such a waste. Such a terrible waste -- of many lives.
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