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Gifted Grownups
Marylou Kelly Streznewski
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Description for Gifted Grownups
Hardcover. What is it like to be smarter than 95% of the people you meet? Fifty-four-year-old Alison says, "They told me I was smart and I cried. I wanted to be sexy, or glamorous!" Jean, 38, laments, "I learned the whole job in six weeks, and now I'm bored. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 628.
What is it like to be smarter than 95% of the people you meet?Fifty-four-year-old Alison says, "They told me I was smart and Icried. I wanted to be sexy, or glamorous!" Jean, 38, laments, "Ilearned the whole job in six weeks, and now I'm bored."
Gifted Grownups, Marylou Kelly Streznewski's unprecedented, 10-yearstudy of 100 gifted adults, examines how being identified as a"smart kid" early on affects career choices, friendships, andromantic pairings later in life. Why do some talented and giftedpeople become Mozarts and Einsteins or corporate chieftains, whileothers drop out of school, struggle to hold down jobs, ... Read more
What is it like to be smarter than 95% of the people you meet?Fifty-four-year-old Alison says, "They told me I was smart and Icried. I wanted to be sexy, or glamorous!" Jean, 38, laments, "Ilearned the whole job in six weeks, and now I'm bored."
Gifted Grownups, Marylou Kelly Streznewski's unprecedented, 10-yearstudy of 100 gifted adults, examines how being identified as a"smart kid" early on affects career choices, friendships, andromantic pairings later in life. Why do some talented and giftedpeople become Mozarts and Einsteins or corporate chieftains, whileothers drop out of school, struggle to hold down jobs, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
292
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
Weight
608g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780471295808
SKU
V9780471295808
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About Marylou Kelly Streznewski
MARYLOU KELLY STREZNEWSKI, MEd, is certified as a Program Specialist in Gifted Education and is a poet and fiction writer. She has taught gifted teenagers for 20 years, and worked with college students and senior citizens. Streznewski resides in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where she is at work on her second novel.
Reviews for Gifted Grownups
"I enjoyed reading this book. It is highly informative andinteresting."
Alice Miller, author of Drama of the GiftedChild "Many readers will recognize their own experiences..."
Lita LinzerSchwartz, Ph.D., ABPP, Distinguished Professor Emerita,Pennsylvania State University "This book was a delight. It affirmed my own experiences andobservations. The author makes her study come alive...through thevoices of real people ... Read more
Alice Miller, author of Drama of the GiftedChild "Many readers will recognize their own experiences..."
Lita LinzerSchwartz, Ph.D., ABPP, Distinguished Professor Emerita,Pennsylvania State University "This book was a delight. It affirmed my own experiences andobservations. The author makes her study come alive...through thevoices of real people ... Read more