推荐一本书 Gifted Lives by Joan Freeman

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Gifted Lives: What Happens when Gifted Children Grow Up
           

Joan Freeman reveals the dramatic stories of some outstandingly gifted people as they grew from early promise to maturity in Britain. She has collected their intimate biographies through intereviews for 35 years. Their experiences and feelings throw light on how it is to be gifted and why some did not realise their potential,whilst others reached fame, fortune and happiness.

The gifted people in the book have a range of intellectual, social and emotional gifts, including mathematics, the arts, empathy and spirituality. As well as negotiating the basic trials of growing up, the particular abilities of these exceptional people often meant they were confronted with special emotional challenges, such as over-anxious and pushy parents, teacher put-downs, social trip-wires, loss of fun time, boredom and bullying in school and conflicting life choices.
In their own words, they tell how seemingly innocuous events such as skipping one or more school grades could have life-long consequences. The reader can see the effects of a brilliant mind when you are ethnically different or suffering serious depression. And how a world-class pianist copes when repetitive strain injury strikes, or a young financier when he hits his first million.

Joan Freeman’s interpretations and insights of the twists and turns of the lives of these extraordinary people are fascinating and deeply moving. She shows us that while fate played a large part in their successes, so did a personal outlook which could see and grab a fleeting chance, overcome great odds, and put in the necessary hard work to lift childhood prodigy to greatness. Readers will identify with many of the intriguing aspects of these people’s lives, and perhaps learn something about themselves too.

Click here to read more about Joan's new Book.





Professor Freeman is Founding President of the European Council for High Ability (ECHA), a dynamic world-wide association. She is an elected Fellow of the British Psychological Society, Honorary Fellow of the College of Teachers and Patron of the National Association for Able Children in Education (NACE). She is Founder and Chair of the think-tank, the Tower Education Group, which is carrying out world-wide research. Joan has given hundreds of invited addresses on every continent. She appears regularly on television in her own programmes and often on the news, as well as in the popular media. She is Visiting Professor at Middlesex University, London

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这本看上去不错,要找来读读。 -soundofsilence- 给 soundofsilence 发送悄悄话 soundofsilence 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 10/30/2014 postreply 12:59:01

我看此书后得到的结论是我一贯结论: 资质纯偶然,成才要随缘 -酷暑之雨- 给 酷暑之雨 发送悄悄话 酷暑之雨 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 10/30/2014 postreply 13:01:07

机遇的作用其实经常被低估。 -soundofsilence- 给 soundofsilence 发送悄悄话 soundofsilence 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 10/30/2014 postreply 13:02:30

没错。 -酷暑之雨- 给 酷暑之雨 发送悄悄话 酷暑之雨 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 10/30/2014 postreply 13:03:23

哈哈,子坛呆两天,就得看破红尘出家啦。 -八卦的心- 给 八卦的心 发送悄悄话 (0 bytes) () 10/30/2014 postreply 13:11:39

您错啦,资质纯偶然是科学结论 -酷暑之雨- 给 酷暑之雨 发送悄悄话 酷暑之雨 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 10/30/2014 postreply 13:12:29

首先,这是朋友送我的书。其次,我读了. 再其次,这算是真正的研究观察. 最后, -酷暑之雨- 给 酷暑之雨 发送悄悄话 酷暑之雨 的博客首页 (136 bytes) () 10/30/2014 postreply 12:59:46

那你朋友是个啥结论呢? -八卦的心- 给 八卦的心 发送悄悄话 (0 bytes) () 10/30/2014 postreply 13:15:26

要严防死守 -酷暑之雨- 给 酷暑之雨 发送悄悄话 酷暑之雨 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 10/30/2014 postreply 13:17:12

LOL -八卦的心- 给 八卦的心 发送悄悄话 (0 bytes) () 10/30/2014 postreply 13:18:32

谢谢推荐。找来看看 -臭臭妈妈- 给 臭臭妈妈 发送悄悄话 臭臭妈妈 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 10/30/2014 postreply 13:03:04

warning : 家长看了,可能对爬藤的心火有所熄 -酷暑之雨- 给 酷暑之雨 发送悄悄话 酷暑之雨 的博客首页 (6 bytes) () 10/30/2014 postreply 13:04:40

我反正也对爬藤没多大热情,呵呵 -臭臭妈妈- 给 臭臭妈妈 发送悄悄话 臭臭妈妈 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 10/30/2014 postreply 13:07:26

多谢,一定看看。 -芹菜妈- 给 芹菜妈 发送悄悄话 芹菜妈 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 10/30/2014 postreply 13:06:42

put in the necessary hard work to lift childhood prodigy to grea -liveinca- 给 liveinca 发送悄悄话 liveinca 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 10/30/2014 postreply 13:26:01

好像挺有意思的。记得有一类似题材的记录片, 也是追踪一群小孩的成长几十年。 -小溪家- 给 小溪家 发送悄悄话 小溪家 的博客首页 (6 bytes) () 10/30/2014 postreply 14:42:09

家里的娃很普通,还值得读吗? -N.- 给 N. 发送悄悄话 N. 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 10/30/2014 postreply 14:44:34

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