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Good Will Hunting

Good Will Hunting
We could not be where we are today if great minds like Albert Einstein and Isaac Newton didn't exist. These individuals helped create who and what we are today. Without their help our world would be a far more primitive one. These incredible people are said to have a gift, which few could only dream of. But what if these individuals decided in not using this gift. Then where would we be today? In the film "Good Will Hunting" Will Hunting is blessed with having this gift, but isn't convinced if he should use it.

Will kept his gift to himself. He wasn't what society sees as a typical mathematical intellect, being well dressed, law biding, unathletic, and antisocial. Instead he played sports, fought a lot, used foul language, and drank excessively. He acted this way because it was the way he grew up and he didn't want to be treated differently because of his gift.

When a Hartford professor sees Will's capabilities he can only think of the possibilities a great mind like Will's could create. Will, on the other hand would rather work a labor-oriented job for the rest of his life. He believes his job as, a janitor or demolition laborer, are

The Professor's idea of the matter is that how intelligent an individual is compared to the accomplishments made by that individual determines the success of the individual. Maybe someone else would come up with the ideas the two developed or maybe we would still be wondering why an apple falls off a tree. Then from there he can decide what he wants to do. The truth is an individual should be left to do what he or she wants to regardless of the talents he or she has. What puzzled many is how Ramanujan understood things quickly on his own without ever being formally taught them. Ramanujan was born on December 22, 1887 and died April 26, 1920. Ramanujan wasn't considered a mathematical genius yet because of his lack of schooling and his poor grades in subjects other then math.

What would this world be...